Battery Safety Specialist – HV Systems & Compliance

Lucid Motors; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking a Technical Specialist of Battery Safety to enforce safety as the top priority across R&D and production. You will own HV battery safety requirements (RESS) and lead system-level analyses with traceability to test evidence.

The role drives regulatory readiness for global markets, interfaces with vehicle, pack, manufacturing, and service teams, and defines safety test plans while guiding CAE and test results into engineering decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering (or equivalent).
• 6–10+ years of experience in HV battery systems, functional safety, or vehicle safety engineering.
• Hands-on experience with battery safety analyses (SFMEA, DFMEA, HARA) and requirements development.
• Working knowledge of global battery safety and vehicle regulations (R100, FMVSS, CE, NCAP, UN38.3).
• Experience using requirements or systems engineering tools such as CAMEO, DOORS, 3DX, FLOW, JAMA or similar.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex safety topics to non-experts.

Responsibilities

• Own HV battery RESS safety requirements for all battery programs, including authoring, maintaining, and approving requirements in CAMEO and 3DX across PV, DV, and production phases.
• Lead system-level safety analyses, including SFMEA, DFMEA alignment, HARA, and hazard breakdowns from L0–L4 with traceability to test evidence and field learnings.
• Drive regulatory and compliance readiness for global markets, including R100, FMVSS 305a, CE Marking, EURO NCAP, UL 2580, UN38.3 and related legislation.
• Act as the primary safety interface to vehicle, pack, manufacturing, service, and validation teams, resolving cross-functional safety issues.
• Define and review battery safety test plans (R&D and DV), review test data, extract learnings, and cascade risks to DREs and leadership.
• Lead thermal runaway safety topics, including detection logic, post-crash reactions, contactor and fuse responses, grounding strategies, and customer notification paths.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering

Job description

Lucid Motors is seeking a Technical Specialist of Battery Safety to enforce safety as the top priority across R&D and production. You will own HV battery safety requirements (RESS) and lead system-level analyses with traceability to test evidence.

The role drives regulatory readiness for global markets, interfaces with vehicle, pack, manufacturing, and service teams, and defines safety test plans while guiding CAE and test results into engineering decisions.