Staff Test Engineer, Powertrain

Overview

Lucid Motors builds its vehicles through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering and production in-house across its global offices and manufacturing facilities. This Staff Test Engineer will act as the manufacturing test technical authority for Lucid’s electric powertrain systems, covering traction inverters, Drive Units and high-voltage battery assemblies. The role centres on systems-level test ownership, technical authority and cross-functional leadership rather than day-to-day ownership of individual test stations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the manufacturing test technical authority across inverter, Drive Unit and battery test architectures
• Review and approve powertrain-level test strategies, specifications and major change requests from Design Engineering
• Define common test principles for end-of-line and in-process testing, including sequencing, limit strategies, failure-mode handling and data traceability
• Guide and review test system designs for HV/LV safety, grounding, shielding, thermal considerations and connectorisation standards
• Provide technical mentorship and design oversight to commodity-focused test engineers during development, commissioning and production ramp
• Lead technical reviews for externally supplied powertrain test equipment, including RFQs, supplier selection and design validation
• Partner with Controls Engineering to integrate test applications with station PLCs, dynos, load systems and safety circuits
• Define and review commissioning and validation methodologies, including GR&R, fault injection and failure simulation
• Act as escalation point for complex production issues, supporting root-cause analysis and yield improvement
• Collaborate with factory data and analytics teams on test data architecture, serial-level traceability and yield dashboards

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Controls Systems Engineering, Electrical and Controls Engineering, or Automation and Control Engineering, with at least 5 years of professional experience; 8+ years developing, launching and supporting automated test equipment in high-volume manufacturing environments; prior experience with EV powertrain systems, with direct exposure to two or more of traction inverters, electric motors/Drive Units, or high-voltage battery modules or packs; strong understanding of high-voltage EV systems, including safety requirements, insulation resistance, hipot testing and energy storage hazards; experience guiding test hardware design using platforms such as National Instruments PXI, cDAQ or cRIO; strong technical review experience with tools such as NI LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python, MATLAB or Vector/CANoe; working knowledge of CAN, CAN-FD, LIN and Automotive Ethernet protocols; proficiency reviewing electrical schematics using AutoCAD or EPLAN; experience interfacing test systems with PLCs and industrial networks such as Ethernet/IP or OPC-UA.