Body Controls - Lighting Engineer

Number of employees

7200

Southfield, MI, United States

Posted on: 2025-09-05

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

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About the company:

We launched Lucid in 2016 to build the world’s best cars and accelerate the shift to clean energy. Our vehicles deliver best-in-class performance *and* efficiency. Equally important, we’re building a world-class team: From our state-of-the-art factory in Arizona to our global headquarters in California’s Silicon Valley, we’re recruiting high-performing people who want to help decarbonize Earth. Join us!

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility
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.

Body Controls – Lighting Engineer

Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating the most captivating luxury electric vehicles, centered around the human experience. We constantly seek talented, motivated individuals possessing a proven track record of excellence to join our team. Become part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the automotive and mobility industry.

We are currently seeking a Body Controls - Lighting Engineer. This position requires an experienced professional who will lead integration of vehicle electrical/electronic components. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields, to possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

You Will:

· Develop control systems for assigned lighting features of the vehicle;

· Develop requirements and related test cases for features modeled in Matlab/Simulink;

· Work with other controls engineers to improve and/or develop a simulation model/platform to analyze, optimize and troubleshoot various aspects of the vehicle;

· Assist integration of features into the controller code base;

· Test the developed software on the vehicle and assist in calibration of the features;

· Support Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for various features to comply with ISO 26262 standards;

· Develop diagnostic interfaces for the controller;

· Work in cross-functional teams to solve controls problems;

· Participate in the design of a world-class engineering effort to bring electric vehicles to a new level of refinement.

 

You Bring:

· 1-3+ years of experience with automotive control systems;

· Experience with exterior lighting systems;

· Expert knowledge of model-based design using Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow;

· Good understanding of Automatic Control Systems, with a firm grasp of classical control theory tools like compensator design and PID tuning;

· Good understanding of C/C++;

· Experience with failure analysis methodology like FMEA and fault trees;

· Experience with tools like JAMA/JIRA/Git/Confluence;

· Experience in working with cross functional teams;

· Creativity in your design, ability to build stuff with your hands and great communication skills.

 

Advantageous:

· Common understanding of ISO 26262 and Autosar;

· Experience in designing controllers for electric vehicle systems

· Expertise in complex control strategies like Adaptive control, Robust control, etc.

· Experience with CAN analysis tools like CANalyzer, and CANape;

· Experience with Embedded coder in Matlab/Simulink.

· Experience with UART over CAN interface

· Experience with Led Driver Firmware development (is a plus)

Education Requirements:

· BS minimum, in the areas of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive systems, or other related fields.

 
At Lucid, we don’t just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.  (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

By Submitting your application, you understand and agree that your personal data will be processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice. If you are a California resident, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

To all recruitment agencies: Lucid Motors does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our careers alias or other Lucid Motors employees. Lucid Motors is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 
 

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