Crash Safety Performance Engineer, Crashworthiness

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.

Work closely with vehicle design engineers and senior CAE engineers to develop engineering functionalities and systems that meet various federal and international automotive safety requirements (e.g. US and Euro New Car Assessment Program/”NCAP”).

• Have familiarity with all relevant regulatory and non-regulatory Vehicle Crash Safety Requirements, in order to cascade specific targets and needs to a cross functional team. Coordinate across cross functional teams through performance integration meetings.

• Compile and keep a track of Vehicle Crash Safety Performance deliverables within program development milestones. Maintain clear documentation at every stage for traceability on key decisions and have proper change management tracking.

• As required by management, report-out Vehicle Safety performance status in Regulatory, Consumer Rating and Due Care Crash Safety Loadcases for different vehicles and variants. Liaison with Safety testing, CAE and cross functional engineering teams and leadership to communicate safety status and metrics

-Balance intended market applicable Safety Program Requirements to ensure compliance with internal vehicle targets. Work cross functionally with system owners to develop a plan to meet NCAP targets for different markets, as well as establish and integrate vehicle safety requirements.

-Set vehicle level and component level safety performance requirements (energy absorption, peak force, etc). Drive balanced solutions through performance task force initiatives for performance tuning & mass optimization .

-Work alongside Restraints team and D&Rs to ensure their system meet the required specifications to comply with internal vehicle crash safety performance targets. Extensive knowledge of structure & restraints development for Safety performance

• As needed, support decisions by using physical test, CAE and benchmark data to obtain meaningful conclusions related to vehicle design.

Interact and establish working relationships with NHTSA, IIHS, EURONCAP for Safety protocol and performance alignment.

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) - $104,000 - $143,000

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.)

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.

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