Sr. Engineer Safety Electronics, Validation

Number of employees

4800

Newark, CA, United States

Posted on: 2023-09-21

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

Salary

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About the company:

Lucid is the new generation of EV. Our relentless focus on innovation, luxury, and sustainability drives us into a reality where you no longer have to choose between doing great things, doing the right thing, and doing everything with the highest regard for efficiency and design. There were luxury cars, then EVs, now there’s Lucid.  

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.

Sr Engineer Safety Electronics, Validation

We are currently seeking a Sr. Engineer Safety Electronics,  Validation.  This position requires an excellent understanding of Automotive Electronics Engineering fundamentals with enough experience with Safety Electronics testing to be responsible for the validation of safety electronics systems with autonomy. 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.

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

·       California (Bay Area) - $115,000-$165,000

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.)

Lucid maintains your privacy according to its Candidate Privacy Notice. If you are a California resident, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.

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.
 
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. 

Role:

  • Work with safety electronics engineers to identify, generate and implement test cases and validation criteria for a system under test. 
  • Create and execute system validation test plans
  • Support with engineering documentation such as TES's (Tech. Spec's), DFMEA's (Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) and DVP's (Design Verification Plan) 
  • Help identify gaps in requirements and work with the relevant engineers to update the requirement documents accordingly. 
  • Identify and procure test equipment
  • Troubleshoot hardware using general test and measurement equipment including power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters as well as industry tools such as Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, etc
  • Interface with software and diagnostics team to coordinate testing from bench to vehicle level 
  • Automate testing and reporting through scripting for efficiency
  • Coordinate testing and validation activities.
  • Execute tests at various levels of integration, document and report test results. 
  • Document and track issues as appropriate and participate in triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution. 
  • Improve the Safety Electronics commodities transversal activities like teaching, feeding the guidelines and lessons-learned system, identify needs for future platforms, etc…

  • Qualifications:

  • Experience in automotive testing and validation. 
  • Skills to design, build and bring up test benches and breakout boxes. 
  • Experienced in a scripting language for test automation: C, C++, CAPL, or Python or otherwise
  • Experience with Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) 
  • Experience with Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) 
  • Experience in using embedded development boards (Arduinos, raspberry pi, STM boards, etc.)
  • Advantageous:

  • Ability to make efficient reporting, both oral and written.
  • Ability to articulate highly technical issues to audiences not in the crash safety field, such as top management, design studio, purchasing team, etc.
  • Familiar with the following automotive designed commodities: RCM, Radars, Cameras, TCU and Gateway’s.
  • Experience in using embedded development boards (Arduinos, raspberry pi, STM boards, etc.)
  • 6 sigma Green or Black Belt
  • Knowledge and experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN, CAN-FD, Ethernet, LIN, UDS and related tools to measure and command signals, though scripting or otherwise.
  • Knowledge and experience of communication protocols for test engineering RS232, GPIB, Ethernet, USB or otherwise
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications  
  • Understanding of Electronics Engineering fundamentals: Kirchoff’s laws, Ohm’s law, Analog vs Digital, Harness Design (Connectors, Pins, Wire Guage) and capacity to apply those fundamentals in problem solving.
  • Have strong ethics and diligence 
  • Understanding of the latest industry LV electrical architectures and vehicle networks including topologies 
  • Ability to concisely present technical issues, findings and propose next steps.  
  • Education:

  • Education: BS minimum in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. 
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