Sr. Brakes and Steering Engineer

The role

The Senior Engineer, Steering & Brake Systems provides technical leadership and hands-on engineering support for steering and brake systems. This role supports vehicle launch, production ramp-up, and series manufacturing through design, release, and troubleshooting.

What you will do

• Serve as the plant technical expert for steering and brake components and production build concerns.
• Investigate and resolve vehicle build, functional, dimensional, noise, vibration, and quality concerns.
• Lead root cause analysis for manufacturing, supplier, validation, and field issues.
• Implement containment actions and drive permanent corrective actions.
• Support prototype, DV, PV, and production vehicle builds.
• Coordinate engineering change releases and plant implementation plans.
• Support assembly robustness for steering and brake system installation.
• Interface directly with steering and brake system suppliers on production and quality concerns.
• Develop predictive quality monitoring strategies using production and warranty data.
• Design and develop automotive chassis components to optimize performance and cost.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in automotive engineering, steering systems, brake systems, chassis systems, manufacturing engineering, or vehicle integration.
• Experience supporting vehicle launches and production operations.
• Strong understanding of steering systems, brake systems, chassis interfaces, vehicle dynamics fundamentals, durability engineering, manufacturing processes, GD&T, root cause analysis methodologies, DF
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership abilities.
• Experience with 3D CAD system such as CATIA or similar software.
• Design release engineering experience including engineering change management and project management experiences.

Nice to have

• Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt, Shannin RedX or other equivalent problem-solving methodology.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off
• Salaried/exempt employee accrue up to 160 hours paid time off
• Equity program
• Discretionary annual cash incentive program

About the company

Lucid creates mobility experiences through proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture. The company uses deep vertical integration with design, engineering, and production happening in-house.