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Role Overview
Sr. Hardware Engineer (Digital-LV) at Lucid Motors. This position provides dedicated ownership of software release management across engineering builds, manufacturing, sustaining, and operations teams for in-house Low Voltage ECUs.
Company Overview
Lucid Motors creates exceptional mobility experiences through innovation by building award-winning vehicles on proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture. The company achieves this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production happening in-house across global offices and manufacturing facilities.
Role Purpose
As program volume, ECU content, software complexity, production deployment, and sustaining activities continue to increase, this centralized resource manages release timing, content readiness, validation status, traceability, field and manufacturing issue follow-up, and resolution across concurrent programs. The role supports both new program launches and sustaining operations by maintaining released software packages, coordinating updates for production and service needs, ensuring software and flashing information remain accurate, and driving closure of issues that impact internal sites, contract manufacturers, and ongoing production. This role improves execution discipline by ensuring software releases and sustaining updates are planned, tracked, validated, documented, and communicated through each phase from engineering development to production rollout and post-launch support.
Key Responsibilities
Sustaining & Support
- Support sustaining activities by coordinating troubleshooting for hardware-related issues impacting ECU flashing, manufacturing test execution, software deployment, or production continuity.
- Act as the technical point of contact between the in-house Low Voltage ECU team and Lucid Manufacturing teams to align on sustaining issues, escalation paths, technical containment, and production support needs.
- Support other teams by providing information requested such as software files location, flashing tools, and traceability information for all Engineering builds and Production.
- Support engineering teams at headquarters during final verification of software intended to be released to production.
Release Management & Coordination
- Serve as the central resource to establish and track software releases, timing, and content rollout based on program plans within cross-functional teams.
- Manage in-house ECU software release process with Test Team, Manufacturing, Operations, and Contract Manufacturers.
- Manage multiple concurrent releases, builds, and deployments from development to production rollout.
- Manage the pre-release software testing in the Manufacturing Test lab, Contract Manufacturer sites, and Internal sites.
- Review, track, and sign off all software QUALs, PCRs, ECRs, and ECOs for internal and external ECUs.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Act as user champion when coordinating software releases with business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and lead the team to achieve goals.
- Communicate regularly to management on activities and status for all programs assigned.
Process & Systems
- Collaborate with TPMs, software engineers, and test engineers to implement and maintain release management system, solutions, and processes.
- Track all open software issues that affect these teams and manage to resolution.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 7+ years of experience in electronics to end customers.
- At least 5 years of experience in technical roles.
- Experience in software release process, software testing, Jira, waterfall development, SCRUM, and build processes required.
- Experience in high volume Consumer or Enterprise, with Automotive ECU experience a definite plus.
- Knowledge of UDS standard (User level) preferred.
- Knowledge of CAN and DoIP protocols (User level) preferred.
- Automotive experience preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Hardware Program Management or Hardware/Software Technical Program Manager role experience in an Engineering environment.
- Skilled in working with multiple organizations across different cultures and regions.
- Problem resolution tools.
- Ability to work in a small, motivated group within a larger organization.
- Configuration management process knowledge and implementation.
- Engineering Change Request, Issue manager, and configuration management.
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- ERP, Bug tracking, and ECO/BOM systems experience such as NetSuite, Jira, Arena, MKS, and Smart Bear.
- Excellent communication skills in writing and oral.
Additional Information
Lucid offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability coverage; paid time off; paid holidays; paid sick leave; and a 401(k) retirement plan. Hourly or non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off, and salaried or exempt employees accrue up to 160 hours paid time off. Eligible employees may also participate in Lucid's equity program and/or a discretionary annual cash incentive program. Incentive and equity awards, if applicable, are determined based on individual performance, role scope, market considerations, and overall company results, in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
Lucid Motors is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace for all, considering all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws and regulations. Lucid Motors is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.