Sr. Interior Process Engineer- Tooling and Process

Lucid Motors; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player in luxury electric vehicles seeks a skilled Automotive Engineer to join their innovative team. This role involves significant contributions to vehicle engineering, focusing on plastics tooling and DFM processes. You'll collaborate closely with design engineers and suppliers, ensuring compliance with high standards while optimizing manufacturing processes. The company offers a vibrant community for forward-thinkers eager to create sustainable solutions in mobility. If you are passionate about engineering and want to shape the future of luxury electric vehicles, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years in Automotive Engineering with hands-on experience.
• Expertise in injection tooling and DFM for automotive parts.

Aufgaben

• Contribute to vehicle engineering with plastics tool expertise.
• Consult on tooling feasibility and DFM during product development.

Kenntnisse

Automotive Engineering

Injection Molding

DFM Evaluation

Flow Simulation Software

Communication Skills

Ausbildung

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk MoldFlow

Jobbeschreibung

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.

The Role:

• Be a significant contributor to a world-class vehicle engineering team by supporting with plastics tool expertise and owning polymer-related aspects from part design for manufacturing (DFM) phase to product launch.
• Consultation with design engineers and suppliers throughout product development process, advising on process and tooling feasibility, DFM, efficiency and cost.
• Evaluation of flow studies and mold designs before tool approval and kick-off.
• Ensuring plastic tooling is compliant with Lucid Tool Standards.
• Methodical approach to documentation.
• Support of internal non-engineering teams and representation of Lucid material team in communication with suppliers (incl. on-site visits).

Qualifications:

• At least 6 years of hands-on experience in Automotive and Vehicle Engineering.
• Vehicle and product launch experience.
• 5+ years' experience, evaluating DFM and injection molding tool designs.
• Excellent knowledge of injection tooling, including technologies such as in-mold decoration, foaming, overmolding, back-injection, vario-thermal processes.
• Experience with DFM process for automotive A-surface parts.
• Experience with flow simulation software (Autodesk MoldFlow).
• Proven hands-on experience with plastic injection molding process, including process optimization.
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally up to 25% if needed.
• Master of science in mechanical engineering or related field.

Advantageous:

• Worked in automotive development environment, ideally through complete product development process.
• Hands-on experience with creation of MoldFlow studies, first tool trials, and tool approvals.
• Experience with tool should costing to understand tool cost impact of part design choices.
• Experience with other plastic manufacturing processes and their tooling (e.g. blow molding, thermal forming, vacuum forming, compression molding, slush molding).

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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