Senior Field Quality Lab Engineer — Root Cause RCA

Lucid Motors USA, Inc.; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off

Job summary

Lucid Motors in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior Field Quality Laboratory Engineer to lead investigations into customer-reported quality concerns. You will own root cause analyses across vehicle components, lab tests, and field data, and you will work with cross-functional teams to prevent recurrence.

This onsite role requires a hands-on engineer with strong analytical skills and experience with automotive systems, batteries, and diagnostics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in failure analysis, field quality, warranty engineering, reliability or related technical discipline.
• BS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Automotive, Materials, Mechatronics or related field.
• Experience leading structured root cause investigations of mechanical, electrical, software-integrated systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead root cause investigations into customer-reported quality concerns using returned components and field data.
• Perform teardown, inspections, measurements, material evaluations, and functional assessments to find failure origins.
• Develop and execute test plans that reproduce field failures and validate corrective actions.
• Build clear, evidence-based technical cases combining lab results, engineering data, and service records.
• Collaborate with Field Quality, Warranty, Product and Reliability teams to drive issue resolution.
• Create repeatable failure-analysis procedures and documentation standards.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Failure Analysis

Validation Testing

Technical Evidence

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering

Tools

Vehicle Diagnostics

CAN Communication

DTC Analysis

Laboratory Equipment

Job description

Lucid Motors in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Senior Field Quality Laboratory Engineer to lead investigations into customer-reported quality concerns. You will own root cause analyses across vehicle components, lab tests, and field data, and you will work with cross-functional teams to prevent recurrence.

This onsite role requires a hands-on engineer with strong analytical skills and experience with automotive systems, batteries, and diagnostics.