Sr. Test Engineer, Restraint Systems

Number of employees

5500

Newark, CA, United States

Posted on: 2023-09-05

Category: emobility

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Full time

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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.

We are currently seeking a Senior Restraint System - Test Engineer. This position requires an excellent understanding of mechanical engineering fundamentals with testing to be responsible to manage our validation plans 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.

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.

Notice regarding COVID-19 protocols  
At Lucid, we prioritize the health and wellbeing of our employees, families, and friends above all else. In response to the novel Coronavirus all new Lucid employees, whose job will be based in the United States may or may not be required to provide original documentation confirming status as having received the prescribed inoculation (doses). Vaccination requirements are dependent upon location and position, please refer to the job description for more details.
 
Individuals in positions requiring vaccinations may seek a medical and/or religious exemption from this requirement and may be granted such an accommodation after submitting a formal request to and the subsequent review and approval thereof by our dedicated Covid-19 Response team.
 
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

  • Manage the entire Restraint Sub-system integration validation plan and execute part of it:
  • -For new development as well as model years variants
  • -Build validation plan together with DREs and keep the validation plan tracker up-to-date
  • -Manage Testing: forecast, material order, test lab, test fixture, support resources, parts certification, pre-test checks, witness testing, post-tests checks, tear-down, first level analysis, kinematic tracker, test report, scrap/storage of the parts, etc..
  • -Ensure that the tests are performed properly to meet the expectation and provide the best test value for money to the project
  • Work together with the Restraints and Interiors DRE to learn the design and behavior of their individual parts and drive the common development for the sub-system
  • Make test reports for tests performed by Lucid (at Lucid or external facilities), or collect tests reports from external test labs or suppliers when Lucid delegates the test ownership.  Ensure the suppliers submit  accurate content in test reports.
  • Perform test video analysis and document the test trackers
  • Manage root cause analysis with the owners of the components involved in the issue
  • Assemble the test parts onto the test fixture (includes heavy parts like seats or IPs)
  • Having short and punctual intervention in climatic chambers at low or high temperatures (around -35C or +85C)
  • Qualifications

  • 5 + years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience
  • 3 years experience in testing and troubleshooting Restraints, Seats, IP or upper trims, Crash tests or other Safety components or 3 years experience as Restraints Design Engineer.
  • Deep understanding of Mechanical Engineering fundamentals: mechanics of materials, materials properties and engineering of materials, kinematics of solids, failure mechanics and capacity to apply those fundamentals in problem solving
  • Enough CAD skills to consult existing CAD assemblies to understand the assembly and taking useful measurements in relation to the tests
  • Advantageous

  • 2 years experience in Restraints sub-system development and testing as OEM
  • Experience in assembly and dis-assembly of Automotive interiors parts
  • Enough CAD skills to design small brackets or design simple fixtures
  • Experience in occupant safety system performance optimization
  • Experience using APQP processes (DVP&R, 8D, DFMEA, DRBFM)
  • Knowledge of CAE analysis and restraint system integration and optimization
  • 6 sigma Green or Black Belt
  • Ability to conduct efficient reporting, both oral and written; Ability to articulate highly technical issues to audiences such as the crash safety field engineering or Interiors engineering
  • Capacity to negotiate (with test labs, logistic, plant or other to achieve our goals without compromising future relationship with those partners)
  • High ethics and diligence 
  • Physical capacity to manipulate interiors parts in and out of test bucks or tests fixtures 
  • Curiosity, thoroughness
  • Education

  • 5 + years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience
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