Senior Systems Engineer: Vehicle Connectivity & OTA

Lucid Motors; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for the Connectivity domain and OTA updates. You will lead end‑to‑end systems engineering for the OTA software update ecosystem—spanning in‑vehicle ECUs, telematics, update orchestration, diagnostics, and cloud services.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in connected vehicles, MBSE experience, and familiarity with ISO 26262 and ASPICE, plus hands‑on work with bootloaders, secure boot, delta updates, and campaign orchestration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or related technical discipline.
• Master’s degree or higher preferred.
• 3+ years in systems engineering for Connected Vehicles / Embedded OTA.
• Experience with vehicle connectivity architecture (TCU, modem, GNSS, antennas).
• Knowledge of cellular technologies, Wi‑Fi, and Bluetooth.
• ISO 26262 and ASPICE experience.
• Model Based Systems Engineering in production environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end systems engineering for the vehicle OTA software update ecosystem—requirements, architecture, integration, validation, and compliance.
• Decompose vehicle-level OTA features to ECU-level and cloud/service requirements with traceability to verification and validation.
• Collaborate with Functional Safety Engineers to support development of functional safety concepts and Technical Safety Concepts.
• Define and execute verification and validation plans with test teams.
• Coordinate with hardware and software teams on architecture and implementation of allocated requirements.
• Work with suppliers to validate component functionality where applicable.
• Support product-level validation test plan development and execution.
• Plan system engineering lifecycle activities to deliver program milestones.

Skills

Systems engineering

OTA updates

MBSE

Automotive embedded systems

ISO 26262

ASPICE

Communication

Documentation

Problem solving

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor's in electrical/computer engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Cameo/Magic Cyber

SysML v1

Requirements management tools

Job description

Lucid Motors seeks a Senior Systems Engineer for the Connectivity domain and OTA updates. You will lead end‑to‑end systems engineering for the OTA software update ecosystem—spanning in‑vehicle ECUs, telematics, update orchestration, diagnostics, and cloud services.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in connected vehicles, MBSE experience, and familiarity with ISO 26262 and ASPICE, plus hands‑on work with bootloaders, secure boot, delta updates, and campaign orchestration.