Lucidmotors
Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Electronics
Southfield, MI. Posted a month ago
The role
You will lead supplier industrialization activities for electronic systems, ADAS, and related components. You will partner with engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing teams to ensure products are successfully launched into production.
What you will do
- Own supplier industrialization activities for Electronics and ADAS commodity suppliers from product development through mass production.
- Lead APQP activities from design release through PPAP approval and production launch.
- Ensure suppliers achieve manufacturing readiness, quality targets, capacity requirements, and launch timing commitments.
- Collaborate with Engineering teams to align supplier capabilities with product requirements.
- Support supplier selection activities by evaluating technical and manufacturing readiness.
- Lead DFM/A reviews and drive implementation of manufacturing improvements.
- Perform supplier assessments, manufacturing audits, process evaluations, and site inspections.
- Develop supplier improvement plans and drive implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Lead and track supplier-driven Engineering Change Requests and Change Management activities.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Material Planning, and Plant Supplier Quality teams.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of supplier industrialization, supplier development, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, or related experience supporting electronic products and systems.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting ECUs, PCBAs, sensors, antennas, and automotive electronic components.
- Strong understanding of electronics manufacturing processes and quality standards.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Hands-on experience with IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, DOE, DFM/A, and GD&T.
- Strong analytical, technical writing, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally between 25% and 75% as business needs require.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- Automotive industry experience supporting Electronics and ADAS systems.
- ASQ Certification
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- IPC-A-610
- IPC/WHMA-A-620
- Experience working with advanced automotive electronics, connectivity systems, autonomous driving systems, sensors, and embedded hardware.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience using Smartsheet, JMP, Minitab, JIRA, and Tableau.
- Demonstrated ability to influence suppliers, drive change, and solve highly complex manufacturing and quality challenges.
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 exceptional mobility experiences through innovation and proprietary technology. The company uses deep vertical integration with design, engineering, and production happening in-house.