Technical Specialist, Embedded Infotainment Platform (AI/ML)

Lucid Motors • Southfield, MI

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About The Position

Lucid Motors is leading the charge in redefining luxury electric vehicles. We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Specialist, Platform Framework (AI/ML) to join our Infotainment Software team. In this role, you will lead the development of our next-generation AI/ML platform, with a strong focus on optimizing and porting machine learning workloads to Neural Processing Units (NPUs). This role requires deep technical expertise in AI/ML frameworks, embedded systems, and hardware acceleration, along with a passion for building scalable and efficient platforms.
In this role, you will be responsible for design, development, Integration, verification & maintenance of Platform Framework components with focus on AI/ML for our next generation "Digital Cockpit Platform".

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on AI/ML platform development.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX) and model optimization techniques for edge deployment.
• Experience with performance profiling tools and techniques for AI workloads.
• Strong understanding of QNX, Android, or Linux OS, with proven experience.
• Experienced C/C++ developer with strong understanding of design and architecture patterns.
• Experience using Git, Jira and Jenkins.
• Self-motivated problem-solving leader with excellent communication skills and a proven ability to learn quickly and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Camera software stack, Camera based AI/ML application, Qualcomm platform and/or other infotainment platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core components of the AI/ML platform, enabling efficient deployment of models across heterogeneous compute environments.
• Lead the porting and optimization of AI/ML workloads to NPUs, ensuring high performance and low latency.
• Collaborate with hardware vendors to integrate NPU drivers, SDKs, and tool chains into the platform.
• Work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to support model training, quantization, and deployment pipelines.
• Drive performance benchmarking, profiling, and tuning AI workloads on embedded systems.
• Stay current with industry trends in AI accelerators, edge computing, and ML frameworks.
• Integrate, test, and validate software components to ensure the required high software quality level and conformity to industry standards.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams in realizing features

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