Vehicle Test Engineer II, Vehicle Efficiency Engineering
About The Position
The Vehicle Test Engineer II works within Lucid’s Vehicle Efficiency Engineering team to identify and improve vehicle efficiency, range, and cabin comfort. The role supports vehicle development and benchmarking by instrumenting vehicles, using data acquisition systems, and conducting vehicle-level tests on proving grounds, chassis dynamometers, and climate chambers. The work contributes to optimizing energy consumption and cabin conditioning in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. The position involves planning and executing dynamic vehicle tests with internal stakeholders and external resources; coordinating with hardware, software, testing, simulation, functional, and homologation teams; collecting, processing, storing, analyzing, and sharing test data; and scheduling test facilities while prioritizing resources as deadlines change. The engineer also validates components, subsystems, and complete vehicles, contributes to design reviews, provides engineering analysis, and benchmarks competitive vehicles for efficiency, range, and cabin comfort. The work is based in Newark, California and includes vehicle instrumentation and testing at proving grounds, chassis dynamometers, and climate or thermal chambers.
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 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 and at least 2 years of experience, or a master’s or PhD in a related engineering discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Experience and passion 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 against changing deadlines.
- 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 requirements.
- Participate in design reviews and provide engineering input and analysis.
- Benchmark competitive vehicles for efficiency, range, and cabin comfort.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability coverage.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays and paid sick leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Eligible employees may participate in the company equity program and/or discretionary annual cash incentive program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
