Senior SQE - Lead Supplier Quality & Containment

Lucid Motors; Casa Grande (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Equity program

Job summary

Lucid Motors in Arizona is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to own supplier quality performance across mass-production partners. You will lead containment and root-cause analysis, coordinate with manufacturing and quality teams, and drive durable corrective actions to protect production.

You will also support new-product builds, supplier transitions, and report KPIs and risks to senior leadership, aiming for continuous improvement in supplier quality and manufacturing readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of plant-floor Supplier Quality Engineering experience in an automotive or similarly complex manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or another relevant technical field.
• Hands‑on experience applying structured problem‑solving and quality methods, including 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone analysis, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, and FMEA.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and GD&T, and to translate technical findings into clear actions for suppliers and internal teams.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, communication, and decision‑making skills, with the ability to work independently in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality performance for assigned mass-production suppliers, including supplier scorecards, escalations, corrective actions, and sustained performance improvement.
• Lead rapid containment, root-cause analysis, and permanent countermeasures for supplier-related quality issues to protect plant operations and prevent recurrence.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Manufacturing, Plant Quality, Material Planning, Logistics, NPI, SIE, program teams, and suppliers to develop robust, timely solutions.
• Supplier Partnership: Establish clear expectations and maintain strong supplier relationships that enable open communication, accountability, and shared quality outcomes.
• Launch Readiness: Support new-product build events and supplier transitions into mass production, ensuring quality risks are identified and addressed before they affect production.
• Continuous Improvement: Transfer lessons learned across programs and use data to strengthen supplier processes, quality controls, and production readiness.
• Executive Visibility: Create regular reports for senior leaders that communicate supplier performance, team KPIs and OKRs, key risks, recovery plans, and improvement strategies.

Skills

Quality engineering

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Smartsheet

JMP

Minitab

JIRA

Tableau

Job description

Lucid Motors in Arizona is seeking a Senior Supplier Quality Engineer to own supplier quality performance across mass-production partners. You will lead containment and root-cause analysis, coordinate with manufacturing and quality teams, and drive durable corrective actions to protect production.

You will also support new-product builds, supplier transitions, and report KPIs and risks to senior leadership, aiming for continuous improvement in supplier quality and manufacturing readiness.