Sr. Quality Engineer

Lucid Motors • Newark, NJ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility. We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience. Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you. The Sr. Quality Engineer is an important member of the organization who will closely collaborate with engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing team to clearly define quality acceptance standards and specifications based on the Voice of Customer at our manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona.

Requirements

• Engineering or STEM Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience required
• 5+ years of equivalent experience required in the automotive Industry
• Demonstrated leadership ability to build outstanding teams and interface well with senior management
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement and Kaizen 5S
• Capability to implement and drive a quality operating system within the Quality Control department.
• Experience methodizing production workstations for ergonomics and efficiency
• Ability to create improvement plans for quality with productive areas to achieve desired results
• Strong written and verbal skills as well as organizational and program management capabilities
• Work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
• Remain engaged, pro-active, and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for their success
• Ability to influence outcomes and drive initiatives in complex environments
• Maintain flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and assignments, coping with rapidly changing information
• 5+ years of related experience developing and launching complex assembly processes
• Extensive proficiency creating written and pictorial documentation of manufacturing processes
• Work independently with concepts and documentation from prototype to sustaining activities
• Work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
• Remain engaged, pro-active, and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for their success
• Ability to influence outcomes and drive initiatives in complex environments
• Maintain flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and assignments, coping with rapidly changing information
• Collect, analyze, and summarize information to a general understanding, thinking abstractly and separating complex ideas into simple elements
• Communicate clearly using written and verbal skills
• Well organized with meticulous attention to detail
• Mastery of Excel and PowerPoint and Proficiency with CATIA, 3DX experience

Nice To Haves

• Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
• Being creative and provide innovation idea to improve process/technology in the past projects is a plus

Responsibilities

• Validate and characterize new processes, equipment, and fixtures for production implementation focused on damage-free
• Create detailed manufacturing instructions to document quality critical characteristics
• Support on designing production and inspection workstations for quality
• Constant work with the Quality Control Management to work on reducing and eliminating defects contained on the single agenda for quality
• Assist in developing and maintaining our quality strategy through a continuous improvement mindset and flawless action execution
• Manage and own all quality metrics reporting and publishing, as well as presenting data and improvement planning to the factory leadership
• Create and manage Control Plans and auditing strategies based on risk assessments and data from the factory and field
• Perform completed vehicle audits and partner with issue owners on improvement activity
• Drive product design improvements back to Design Engineering and support DFMA activities for new and existing products
• Facilitate supplier quality issues and partner with suppliers on corrective actions
• Travel up to 25%, occasionally on short notice

Benefits

• Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k.
• The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees