Vehicle Test Engineer II, Vehicle Efficiency Engineering

Lucid Motors•Newark, NJ

About The Position

The Vehicle Test Engineer II works within Lucid’s Vehicle Efficiency Engineering (VEE) team, which develops vehicle-level attributes that affect efficiency, performance, and customer experience. The role collaborates across product development, manufacturing, testing, validation, and attribute teams to improve vehicle efficiency, range, and cabin comfort. The engineer supports vehicle development and benchmarking by instrumenting vehicles, operating data acquisition systems, and executing vehicle-level tests at proving grounds, on chassis dynamometers, and in climate chambers. The role also supports energy-consumption and cabin-conditioning optimization through data-driven analysis and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills in technical and non-technical environments.
Passion for hands-on automotive engineering and testing.
Knowledge of range, coast-down, and dynamometer testing.
Ability to interpret standards and regulatory test procedures in collaboration with the homologation team.
Understanding of automotive HVAC and thermal-system fundamentals.
Ability to define vehicle-system requirements and targets using a range of strategies.
Experience troubleshooting vehicle issues.
Working knowledge of vehicle networks such as CAN, LIN, and Ethernet.
Ability to instrument vehicles and operate data acquisition systems such as HBM, Hioki, and Vector.
Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of experience, or a master’s or PhD in a related engineering discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience and enthusiasm for hands-on work, troubleshooting, and problem-solving.
Experience and knowledge of electric vehicles, including batteries, drive units, motor control, power electronics, thermal systems, and vehicle communication networks.
Experience with MATLAB and Simulink and scripting knowledge for simulation and process automation.
Knowledge of SAE J1634/2264 and UN-ECR WLTP regulations.
Prototype vehicle driving or operating experience with chassis dynamometers.

Responsibilities

Plan and execute dynamic vehicle-level tests using plans developed with internal stakeholders and external resources.
Collaborate with hardware, software, and testing teams in a multidisciplinary environment.
Instrument vehicles with sensors for efficiency and performance measurements, with hardware and software support.
Retrieve, process, store, and share logged test data.
Schedule test tracks, dynamometers, and thermal chambers, and prioritize resources as deadlines change.
Run proving-ground, climate-chamber, and chassis-dynamometer procedures while collecting and sharing data.
Work with simulation and functional teams to validate components, subsystems, and complete vehicles, and define appropriate engineering analysis.
Work with the homologation team to understand official test procedures and their requirements.
Participate in design reviews and provide engineering input and analysis.
Benchmark competitive vehicles for efficiency, range, and cabin comfort.