Automotive Technical Illustrator & Documentation Specialist

Lucidmotors; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 89,300 - 122,760; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking a Technical Illustrator to support documentation and training efforts, helping users and customers take the right action. The role requires a portfolio, quick learning ability, and a strong understanding of documentation as code.

On-site, full-time at the Fremont, CA headquarters. Responsibilities include gathering requirements across departments, extracting data from engineering docs, ensuring content accuracy, and coordinating with marketing to align visuals with brand

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in technical illustration with knowledge of relevant illustration tools.
• Bachelor’s degree or certificate in Design, Visual Arts, or equivalent professional experience.
• A portfolio of completed illustrations, which should include: Process illustrations; Use of labels and/or callouts; Evidence of simplifying and/or replacing many written items with a single image
• Ability to adopt the mindset of the consumer and create illustrations best suited to the task at hand, including a sense of when an illustration is not necessary.
• An understanding of Agile values, and a willingness to engage end users for feedback early in the publication process.
• Ability to work under constraints of both tight and frequently shifting deadlines
• Must have a problem‑solving mindset – the ability to work independently, interact with internal teams as well as customers to identify pain points, then propose and iterate on solutions
• Demonstrated ability to manage an asset library for easy location and reuse across business departments
• Markup language experience (such as HTML, XML, DITA XML, XLS or SGML).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Expertise with Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Illustrator
• Previous experience with a 3D rendering tool such as Keyshot and Blender, or Maya
• Structured authoring tool experience such as oXygen, XMetaL, structured FrameMaker.
• Content Management System (CMS) experience (such as SDL LiveContent Architect).
• Style guideline experience (Simplified Technical English, S1000D, MIL-STD, MMSTP, or custom style guide creation or contributions).
• Previous experience with ‘how‑to’ product documentation
• Experience with CAD‑based, 3D modeling tools such as 3DS Enovia (Composer, Work Instructions)
• Strong working knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
• Previous experience illustrating for an automotive or manufacturing company

Responsibilities

• Gather illustration requirements from the technical publications team, product managers, and subject matter experts (such as engineers, quality assurance, software developers) across many departments.
• Extract information from engineering documentation and tools (such as schematics, system specifications, Confluence, and Figma)
• Ensure technical accuracy of content using a validation/QA process (that may differ from project to project), peer review content, etc.
• Plan, track, and report on work using collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet.
• Document workflows and processes using Lucidchart, PowerPoint, etc.
• Coordinate with marketing and brand departments to align illustrations with brand guidelines

Skills

Technical illustration

Process mindset

Consumer-focused visuals

Agile values

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design or Visual Arts

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

Keyshot

Blender

Maya

Confluence

JIRA

PowerPoint

Job description

Lucid Motors is seeking a Technical Illustrator to support documentation and training efforts, helping users and customers take the right action. The role requires a portfolio, quick learning ability, and a strong understanding of documentation as code.

On-site, full-time at the Fremont, CA headquarters. Responsibilities include gathering requirements across departments, extracting data from engineering docs, ensuring content accuracy, and coordinating with marketing to align visuals with brand