About the position
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. The Sr. Manufacturing Test Engineer will play a lead role in advancing Lucid's goal of being a highly automated manufacturing company. They will work closely with external equipment suppliers and internal teams including Engineering, Quality, Production, and Maintenance to design, program, test, and commission complex automated test systems.
Responsibilities
- Review and approve Test Specifications and change requests from the design engineering team.
- Act as the manufacturing engineering representative to analyze and provide feedback on test sequence and parameters, cycle time, process flow for various test failure modes.
- Design test system hardware to implement test requirements, including system layout, component selection, cabinet/rack design, and selection and sizing of connectors and cables.
- Develop modular test applications with intuitive and informative GUIs, utilizing databases to store test parameters and log test data.
- Provide inputs to test station design including DUT handling and connection methods.
- Manage test equipment sourcing, build, and validation by internal and external teams.
- Develop commissioning and validation plans for test equipment including Gauge Reliability and Repeatability tests.
- Launch test systems on manufacturing lines and collaborate with cross functional teams to monitor functionality and performance.
- Train maintenance and operations teams on error recovery and troubleshooting techniques.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, Masters, or PhD Degree in Engineering required (Preferred Electrical or Electronics Engineering).
- 5+ years of experience developing automated test equipment for manufacturing.
- Experience in launching automated test systems on high volume manufacturing lines.
- Detailed knowledge of electrical & electronics circuits and components, cables and connectors.
- Ability to design electrical schematics using AutoCAD or Eplan.
- Knowledge and experience in developing test system hardware using National Instruments platforms such as PXI, cDAQ, cRIO.
- Expertise in developing test application software using one or more software tools such as NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, NI Veristand, Python, Arduino IDE, MATLAB.
- Knowledge of communication protocols like Automotive Ethernet, CAN, LIN etc.
- Ability to use electrical test equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, power analyzers, etc. for validation and troubleshooting.
- Strong organization skills - tracking schedule and open items, creating meeting agendas and minutes.
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally at various levels both inside and outside the company.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in testing electric vehicle powertrain components.
- Knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and industrial communication protocols such as Ethernet/IP, OPC-UA.
