Staff Technical Program Manager

Lucid Motors • Phoenix, AZ

3h

About The Position

About Lucid
At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience.
We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production happening in-house across our global offices and manufacturing facilities. Our teams come from industries around the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence. By refusing to settle, you can help redefine what’s possible and shape the future of mobility.
Changing the world of luxury electrified mobility needs great people who like to have fun and achieve results as a team. As part of this journey, we are currently seeking a dynamic Program Management professional that can demonstrate an ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, work independently, and apply the correct level of urgency to advance our vehicle line program deliverables.

Requirements

• A proven track record of development and delivery of technical products
• Wide experience in automotive hardware development processes, including integration and validation processes
• Experience building, developing, and managing highly effective program management tools and processes
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment
• Excellent organization and delegation skills with the ability to own the technical product descriptions and schedule, with a track record of delivering projects on time
• Ability to inspire confidence to the executive members as well as the engineering project teams
• Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems and effectively facilitate the team to a decision and coordinate the action plan
• Solid root-cause analysis sense with the ability to correlate e.g. product architecture modifications to technical changes
• Solid skills in evaluation and criticism of engineering decisions and changes
• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership, system engineering and/or technical program management, preferably automotive related
• 7+ years of professional experience in the automotive industry

Responsibilities

• Core member of vehicle line program management team from conceptual design phase to start of production for a new vehicle line
• Manages the technical product description, including features are developed on time and meeting system design specification, mechanical packaging, unit testing, verification, integration and validation process needs
• Leads efforts to align build configurations and vehicle test plans with the cross-functional teams to ensure build volumes meet product development requirements
• Executes cross-functional system release plan, including requirements from involved areas like product marketing, product management, software integration, infotainment system, etc.
• Designs and implements effective program management processes and best practices from initiation to completion in partnership with hardware, software and manufacturing teams
• Executes solid root-cause analysis with the ability to identify and predict possible deviations related to e.g. product architecture- or any other required technical changes
• Proactively evaluates design and engineering decisions with the Program Chief Engineer, making sure they don’t cause any gap in correlation with the program schedule, budget and scope
• Expedites revisions, corrections, and implementations of necessary changes to previously published documentation with the cross-functional teams
• Fosters strong cross-dimensional partnerships and is able to effectively prioritize workload demands to meet project deadlines

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• life and disability coverage
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• paid sick leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• equity program
• discretionary annual cash incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior