Staff Engineer – Reliability & Test Methods, Drive Unit
Lucid Motors is seeking a Staff Engineer – Reliability & Test Methods to provide technical leadership and system-level ownership for the reliability engineering of motor gearboxes, inverters, and drive units. This role is critical to ensuring durability, functional safety, and field reliability across current production and future vehicle programs. The position involves defining reliability strategies, governing test methodologies, influencing design decisions, and driving alignment across engineering, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and program leadership.
Key responsibilities include owning and defining the reliability strategy for drive unit systems across development, validation, production, and field. The engineer will establish and govern test methods, mission profiles, damage models, and reliability metrics aligned with real-world duty cycles. Additionally, the role involves developing, standardizing, and continuously improving test methodologies for mechanical, thermal, environmental, and endurance validation, ensuring sufficient test coverage to demonstrate reliability targets for design validation, production validation, start of production, and sustained production.
The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with over 8 years of experience in reliability engineering, test methods, or durability validation for electromechanical systems. A deep understanding of drive unit subsystems, including motors, inverters, power electronics, and gearboxes, is essential. Proven experience in defining and executing reliability test strategies at the system level, strong analytical skills with experience in FMEA, Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing, and field data correlation, as well as excellent communication skills, are required.
Lucid Motors offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and a 401k plan. 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. Compensation and benefits are designed to attract and retain top talent in the industry.
Joining Lucid Motors means becoming part of a team dedicated to leading the future in luxury electric and mobility. The company fosters a culture of innovation and excellence, providing opportunities for professional growth and development. Employees are encouraged to make significant contributions to the advancement of sustainable transportation solutions.