Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Powertrain DU & MetalsActive$62K–$104K

Lucid Motors
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The opportunity

At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market.

What you'll do

  • Supplier Readiness: Lead industrialization for assigned drive unit and metals suppliers, establishing clear readiness milestones and ensuring manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, capacity, and quality systems are prepared for production launch.

  • APQP and PPAP: Drive APQP execution and make readiness recommendations using Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEAs, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, capacity studies, Run-at-Rate results, Safe Launch Plans, and PPAP evidence.

  • Manufacturing Risk: Assess supplier capability and manufacturing feasibility during sourcing and development, maintain risk assessments and recovery plans, and drive open issues to timely closure.

  • Design for Manufacturing: Partner with Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering to evaluate manufacturability, critical-to-quality characteristics, process capability, and opportunities to improve cost, quality, and production robustness.

  • Process Validation: Provide technical leadership across high-pressure die casting, aluminum and steel castings, precision machining, forgings, heat treatment, gears, rotor and stator components, motor housings, drive unit assemblies, and structural metal components.

  • Supplier Performance: Lead structured root-cause analysis and corrective action for supplier quality, delivery, and capacity issues, including QUAL investigations, launch containment, and continuous improvement activities.

What they're looking for

  • Cross-Functional Delivery: Communicate supplier readiness, key risks, recovery actions, and launch decisions to Engineering, Manufacturing, Global Supply Management, Supplier Quality, Program Management, Operations, and leadership.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering,: Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • + years of experience in automotive manufacturing, supplier quality, supplier: development, APQP, or industrialization.
  • Strong working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, SPC, AIAG Core Tools,: Control Plans, process audits, and Run-at-Rate activities.