Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Chassis

Lucid Motors•Southfield, MI

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Lucid is seeking a Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Chassis Systems to drive best-in-class product quality throughout the industrialization development process. This high-visibility role demands technical expertise, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to excel in a complex, fast-paced environment. To succeed, you must possess deep technical expertise in implementing quality and reliability best practices, driving innovation, and ensuring product validation. Candidates must demonstrate exceptional performance, leadership, and the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is proactive, determined, and has a proven track record in quality program management within the automotive industry.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
8+ years of experience in high-volume manufacturing or assembly environments within Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, R&D, or Manufacturing Engineering, including at least 6 years of hands-on APQP and PPAP program execution.
Demonstrated expertise industrializing chassis or complex metal components using relevant processes such as metal forming, forging, stamping, extrusion, rolling, machining, casting, heat treatment, coatings, rubber extrusion, vulcanization, assembly, and associated quality controls.
Advanced proficiency in engineering drawings, schematics, GD&T, chassis quality standards, product quality gates, and core quality methods including APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, DOE, DFM/A, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
Ability to travel globally to Lucid and supplier sites, often on short notice, with travel varying by program needs and potentially ranging from 25% to 75%.

Responsibilities

Lead and continuously improve supplier APQP execution from initial design through PPAP approval and the start of mass production, ensuring deliverables, quality gates, and risks are visible and closed on time.
Lead design and manufacturing reviews for chassis structures and related components, integrate DFM/A requirements early, and establish clear quality and process capability expectations before tooling and production release.
Drive supplier-owned engineering changes and production change activities, ensuring technical impacts, validation requirements, timing, and implementation risks are understood and controlled.
Partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Material Planning, Purchasing, and plant Supplier Quality teams to contain supplier issues, protect Lucid plants and customers, and deploy lessons learned across programs.
Conduct supplier assessments, sourcing audits, process reviews, and site inspections; establish improvement plans and hold suppliers accountable for sustained performance against agreed metrics.
Analyze supplier and assembly build data to assess process capability, identify emerging risks, and drive corrective and preventive actions that support build and launch requirements.
Maintain clear process documentation and ensure supplier quality activities align with ISO 9001 and AIAG/IATF 16949 expectations.