Engineering Tools Support Manager

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.

Lucid is looking for a talented and motivated Engineering Tools Technical Support Manager. This position reports to Director of Product Data and Software Tools and requires an experienced professional who will support the organization with assistance on engineering software tools (e.g., 3DExperience and CATIA, DELMIA etc. plus many others) while managing a diverse team of engineering tools technical support specialists.

The ideal candidate has proven people-management experience and exhibits a proactive attitude with an appreciation for learning. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence and authority in their respective fields and show strong management and interpersonal skills.

The Role / Responsibilities:

· As an Engineering Tools Manager, you will lead a team whose primary role is to provide technical support to Design Engineers (and others) for the engineering software tools used at Lucid. As part of the manager role, you will develop plans for your team’s career development, headcount plans, performance management and overall budget formation.

· Your team responsibilities include:

·Providing time-critical technical and methodological support for the use of multiple engineering software tools

· Developing, training and promoting best practices in CAD methodology and data management and the measurement and improvement of CAD Quality

·Working with an opinionated, technically diverse internal customer base with a wide range of experience levels

·Providing clear and consistent communication to multiple stakeholders

· In addition to managing the team you will also have authoritative subject matter expertise in critical areas (e.g., CATIA modeling, data management, automotive design processes etc.). You should have direct pragmatic experience with customer support practices such as SLAs, workflows, ticket tracking systems and customer service management. You will also work with IT/software providers to understand the software capabilities/limitations of toolsets including CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PLM.

Qualifications:

· BS Engineering or related degree (MS or higher preferred)

· 10+ years’ experience in a mechanical hardware engineering role, CAD development and/or comparable roles

· Engineering / manufacturing industry experience preferred – automotive strongly preferred

· Program and/or project management experience preferred

· Strong communication skills for collaboration within the team, across cross-functional teams and with management

· Approachable and comfortable with developing and maintaining mid/upper-management and user level relationships

· Prior people management experience preferred

· Effective ability to delegate tasks and translate corporate/managerial goals into actionable direction

· Strong, systematic problem-solving and data-driven decision-making skills

Knowledge of Engineering Software Tools:

Required:

· 3DExperience / CATIA V6, V5, ENOVIA

Additional Experience preferred:

· Work with other related enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, MES etc.)

· Manufacturing modeling – DELMIA 3DExperience

· Surface design tools - Alias/ICEM

· Math Modeling - MATLAB/Simulink

· FEA/CFD - SIMULIA, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, Altair Hyperworks

· Electrical design tools

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) - $138,000 - $198,000

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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