Engineer, Body Structures

Engineer – Body Structures  

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’s Body Structures Team is looking for an Engineer to design and deliver world leading Body Structures for our electric vehicle platforms.  

Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates should have demonstrated the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and be excellent at multi-tasking. 

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the design and development of weight efficient automotive BIW Structural parts and assemblies to deliver the highest level of performance in NVH, Durability and Crashworthiness performance from a blank page into production with experience developing body assemblies
• Design with excellence at system and component level with great attention to every detail creating optimized for performance, size, weight, durability and cost
• Perform detailed analysis of section properties, materials and manufacturing processes through benchmarking activities to understand competitiveness of designs
• Coordinate virtual engineering and physical validation testing activities for your designs
• Determine required tolerances using GD&T 

Qualifications: 

• 1+ years of expertise in automotive Body Structures systems and sub-systems at OEM or supplier desired 
• Solid track record of successful system level integration 
• Proven 3D CAD skills, proficient with CATIA V5/V6 or similar software 
• Hands-on practical experience in prototype assembly and production assembly with the willingness to assemble your own parts 
• Detail oriented personality with a determined problem-solving attitude using an Engineering first principles approach 
• A strong understanding of various analysis tools such as ANSYS, OptiStruct, MatLab, ADAMS, etc. 
• Proof of excellence in your past position, while demonstrating profound creativity in resolving mechanical design problems 
• Experience in full life cycle development from concept to prototype to full production 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent from ABET accredited institution or equivalent body structures automotive experience