Manager Body Structures, Closures, Harness

Lucid Motors; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Equity program and incentive

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Resident Product Engineering (RPE) team, overseeing Body Structures, Closures and LV Harness across production programs. You will drive issue triage, containment and root-cause analysis, coordinating with Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Service to ensure robust, scalable vehicle performance.

In this plant-based role, you will establish clear ownership, shorten response times, reduce repeat issues and foster a data-driven

Qualifications

• 10+ years of automotive product engineering experience including production, launch, sustaining engineering or resident engineering exposure.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience with prioritization, coaching and execution across multiple engineers or workstreams.
• Experience with BIW manufacturing, closure assembly, sealing systems, mechanisms, stampings, castings, extrusions, joining systems and LV harness routing or packaging.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RPE organization across Body Structures, Closures and LV Harness, setting priorities and developing engineers.
• Own engineering triage for production and field concerns with containment, root cause investigation and corrective action planning.
• Serve as the engineering escalation point for disruptions, balancing safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to align ownership, timing and closure evidence.
• Support launch readiness and capture production learnings into design standards and manufacturing requirements.
• Improve standard work, escalation forums and problem-solving discipline to reduce recurrence.

Skills

Structured problem solving

Vehicle structures knowledge

Escalation management

DFMEA/DFM/PFMEA

Communication & documentation

Process development

APQP/PPAP knowledge

Jira/PLM usage

Six Sigma belt (preferred)

FSAE/BAJA experience (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Systems Engineering

Tools

Jira

PLM

Issue management systems

Job description

About Lucid

At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices andmanufacturingfacilities.Ourteamscomefromindustriesaround the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence.By refusing to settle, youcanhelpredefinewhat’spossible andshape the future of mobility.

Position Overview:

The Resident Product Engineering (RPE) team is the plant-based engineering organization responsible for resolving product issues that impact vehicles in production. This Engineering Manager role leads the RPE team supporting Body Structures, Closures and Low Voltage Harness across Lucid’s production vehicle programs. The role exists to strengthen engineering ownership for production issue triage, containment, root cause analysis, permanent corrective actions and cross-functional escalation management. In the first 12 months, success means establishing clear issue ownership, improving response time to production concerns, reducing repeat issues, and creating a stronger feedback loop between current production, future programs and core Vehicle Engineering teams. What you will find here that you will not find in a comparable role elsewhere is direct influence over complete vehicle system robustness across structural, closure, mechanical and electrical interfaces in a fast-moving EV manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Leadership: Lead the RPE organization across Body Structures, Closures and LV Harness, setting priorities, balancing workload, developing engineers and building capability for current production, launch support and continuous improvement.
• Product Issue Resolution: Own engineering triage for production and field concerns, ensuring clear problem definition, risk assessment, containment, root cause investigation, corrective action planning and effectiveness verification.
• Plant Escalations: Serve as the engineering escalation point for build, assembly, quality, supplier and manufacturing disruptions, making timely decisions that balance safety, quality, delivery, cost, manufacturability and customer impact.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production, Quality, Supplier Quality, Service, Supply Chain, Purchasing and Program teams to align ownership, timing, resources and closure evidence.
• Launch Readiness: Support launch, ramp and Safe Launch activities by ensuring production learnings are incorporated into design standards, validation plans, manufacturing requirements and future program readiness.
• Operational Improvement: Improve RPE standard work, escalation forums, issue management systems, reporting cadence and problem-solving discipline to reduce recurrence and increase transparency.

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading structured problem solving for complex product issues, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective action development and effectiveness verification.
• Strong working knowledge of vehicle structures, closures and/or low-voltage electrical distribution systems, with the ability to manage cross-system interfaces in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in escalation management efficiently with competing priorities between functions in the plant
• Expertise in using failure mode management tools in product & process development lifecycle (DFMEA/DVP&R/DFM/DFA/PFMEA/Control Plan etc)
• Exceptional communication & documentation skills are required
• Develop processes, tools, & standards to enable efficient use of resources within the team as per pre-defined scope & associated cross-functional engagement
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, Safe Launch, VMEA/FMEA, 8D, PPS or similar structured problem-solving and quality methods.
• Experience using Jira, PLM, issue management systems and production quality data to manage engineering execution and escalation transparency.
• Six Sigma Black belt certification is preferred
• Collegiate FSAE/BAJA/Similar experience is preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of automotive product engineering experience, including production, launch, sustaining engineering or resident engineering exposure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership, people management or technical team leadership experience, including responsibility for prioritization, coaching and execution across multiple engineers or workstreams.
• Experience with BIW manufacturing, closure assembly, sealing systems, mechanisms, stampings, castings, extrusions, joining systems and LV harness routing or packaging.

Compensation & Benefits:

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• life and disability coverage
• paid time off
• paid holidays, paid sick leave
• and a401(k) retirementplan
• Hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off, and salaried/exempt employee accrue up to 160 hours paid time off.
• Eligible employees may also participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual cash incentive program.
• Incentive and equity awards, if applicable, are determined based on individual performance, role scope, market considerations, and overall company results, in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

Equal Opportunity:

At Lucid, we believe diversity strengthens everything we build. Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an inclusive workplace for all. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws and regulations.

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