Technical Specialist, Body Structures Engineer, Plant Vehicle Engineering
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At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.
We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.
Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.
We are currently in search of a Technical Specialist Body Structures Engineer for Plant Vehicle Engineering in Casa Grande, AZ, focusing on Body-in-White (BIW) systems. Our ideal candidate should possess a proactive mindset, tackling tasks with energy and determination. We expect candidates to showcase expertise in their field, a rapid learning ability, and a commitment to achieving perfection within a dynamic work environment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support for launch activities and production ramp-up across Body Structure.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all issues identified during builds, resolving them and seeking support from DREs and Managers when needed.
- Ensure the delivery of Body engineering requirements from the prototype phase to stable production.
- Develop testing plans to validate design concepts and conduct physical tests to confirm performance targets.
- Assess competing sub-system design approaches using various development tools (DFMEA, fault tree, decision matrices, etc.).
- Apply broad engineering knowledge to address problems during Prototype and Production builds.
- Identify the root cause of test failures and production issues.
- Communicate with the design team and suppliers for DFM feedback and tool development.
- Support continuous product and process improvement initiatives.
- Challenge industry and internal standards for continuous improvement.
- Ensure that lessons from root cause actions are communicated to core and advanced engineering teams.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts in engineering management, focusing on quality, cost, and delivery.
- Coordinate virtual engineering and physical validation testing activities for designs.
- Collaborate with manufacturing to ensure an efficient process sequence and build quality.
- Work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Design, Product Development, Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Stamping, and Suppliers on tool buy-offs and secondary component changes.
- Mentor junior engineers through the design process.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent, with at least 8+ years of relevant engineering experience in Mechanical parts and assemblies’ design.
- Expertise in automotive Body Structures systems and sub-systems at an OEM or supplier is desirable.
- Good working level experience in various mechanical joining techniques like SPR, welding, Spot weld, fasteners etc.
- Experience in delivering multiple vehicle programs to production.
- Familiarity with castings, the extrusion process, stampings, and their advantages and limitations.
- Experience in the full life cycle from concept to prototype to full production.
Advantageous:
- Proven track record of successful product launches.
- Six sigma, EIT certification.
- Proficient in 3D CAD skills, particularly with CATIA V5/V6 or similar software.
- Hands-on practical experience in prototype assembly and production assembly, with a willingness to assemble your own parts.
- Project leadership and mentoring skills.
- Detail-oriented with a determined problem-solving attitude using an Engineering first principles approach.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes applicable to body structures, such as castings, extrusions, cold and hot form stampings, and their advantages and limitations.
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