Lucid Motors · 2 hours ago
Sr. Manager, Vehicle Integration Programs
Newark, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$208K/yr - $305K/yr
10+ years expLucid Motors is a company focused on luxury electric vehicles that enhance the human experience. They are seeking a Senior Manager for their Vehicle Integration department to oversee the planning and execution of vehicle testing schedules and ensure alignment across engineering teams.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Plan, Manage, Track and Execute Lucid’s vehicle testing schedule
Creating system to track and report metrics: tests complete, glidepath, tests failed
Individual asset (Vehicle & Buck) plans for all programs and variants
Engage with all groups to support Issue tracking across engineering fleet by tracking and escalating issues
Attend & Support Issue resolution meetings
Development Fleet Communications: SW, HW and Upfit Campaigns
Liaising with all teams to engage in their alignment and support
Engage with Digital Org to ensure alignment, links, and timing is coordinated with SW & HW development
Support “Lucid Way” with Chief Engineering team and Program to co-author & implement PDP
Ensure vehicle testing design validation plans (DVPs) are submitted by attribute leads, Simultaneous Engineering Team Leads for all Virtual, component, system and vehicle testing and are completed on time
Enhance and maintain our vehicle testing program processes for tracking and visually reporting Program health through every test and the critical path to Production
Manage the Vehicle Integration Project Management team increasing communication, collaboration and alignment (Be the central nervous system for the department): Vehicle Attribute Optimization, Requirements & Vehicle Systems Engineering, Vehicle Development, Validation & Instrumentation, Vehicle Test Operations, Prototype Build & Workshop Management, AZ Engineering Operations, Fleet Management & Material Planning, Machine Shop & Prototyping Operations, EU Vehicle Development, KSA Vehicle Development, Lucid Technology Development
Coordinating testing across the organization including securing test facilities and coordinating testing logistics for significant off-site tests: e.g. CET, HET, Alaska, New Zealand etc
Ensure All Vehicles in the Lucid fleet are fully Utilized, shared and tracked
Leverage Grafana data and relationships with Fleet health & Data teams to understand utilization and team usage
Support the fleet team with systems to track vehicles including all HW reworks and SW updates
Permanently, Grafana data for the Gravity fleet, maximizing uptime and testing on every vehicle every day
Predict, Forecast, track and recruit required headcount to match scope
Buck planning: support creation of process with Vehicle Architecture team in order to support full vehicle and system Buck builds and testing instead of vehicles
Find opportunities to automate and increase efficiency in all our systems and processes
Qualification
Required
10+ years relevant experience planning and organizing tests for design and production validation
Strong drive and organized mindset
Prior experience bringing electric vehicles to production
Demonstrate excellence in respective fields
Ability to learn quickly
Strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment
Strong understanding and experience with automotive vehicle testing and systems
Strong understanding of vehicle testing standards
Experience making schedules for large programs / projects
Strong knowledge of the automotive testing process for production vehicles
Excellent communication skills and team-oriented attitude
Detail oriented and organized mindset
Comfortable with initiating and taking ownership of projects
Track record of establishing strong processes and work procedures
Bachelor of Science minimum in a relevant science or engineering field or extensive years doing relevant work in the automotive industry
Preferred
Master's degree in a relevant engineering field
MBA or professional certification for Project/Program Management
Experience testing fully electric vehicles
Experience building testing processes / information systems
10+ years of experience in the automotive or relevant industry
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Vacation
401k
Equity program
Discretionary annual incentive program
Company
Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$14.23BKey Investors
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2025-11-12Post Ipo Debt· $975M
2025-07-17Post Ipo Equity· $300M
2025-04-03Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Marc Winterhoff
Chief Executive Officer (interim)
Peter Rawlinson
CEO and CTO
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