Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer – Chassis Systems

Lucid Motors; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 119,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors seeks a Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Chassis Systems to drive best-in-class product quality from APQP through PPAP, launching chassis systems into production with Lucid’s standards for quality and reliability.

The role collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to optimize supplier readiness, industrialization, and production ramp. Extensive travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Lead APQP activities with suppliers from initial design release through PPAP approval and start of production.
• Drive supplier readiness activities to ensure manufacturing processes meet quality, timing, and launch objectives.
• Oversee supplier industrialization plans and ensure successful execution throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support production ramp activities and supplier capacity readiness initiatives.
• Lead Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/A) reviews for chassis system components.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure manufacturing requirements and quality expectations are incorporated early in the product development process.
• Ensure robust quality planning activities and quality gate execution throughout development and launch phases.
• Drive implementation of quality and reliability best practices across supplier manufacturing processes.
• Perform supplier assessments, manufacturing audits, and onsite process evaluations.
• Develop supplier improvement plans and drive implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor supplier performance metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate manufacturing capability and readiness through supplier process reviews and industrialization assessments.
• Lead supplier execution of engineering design changes and ensure timely implementation.
• Track supplier deliverables associated with design modifications and manufacturing changes.
• Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to minimize launch and production risks resulting from product changes.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Planning, Plant SQEs, and supplier partners to contain and resolve supplier quality issues.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Establish lessons learned and read-across improvements across product lines and supplier networks.
• Ensure production operations remain protected from supplier-related quality risks.
• Maintain compliance with ISO 9001, AIAG Core Tools, and IATF 16949 requirements.
• Analyze supplier and assembly plant data to evaluate manufacturing performance and process capability.
• Develop recommendations based on data analysis to improve quality, reliability, and operational performance.
• Support validation, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven methodologies.

Skills

Supplier Quality

Quality Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

R&D / High‑volume manufacturing

GD&T interpretation

Excellent communication

Global travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

ASQ / Six Sigma Black Belt (preferred)

Tools

APQP

PPAP

SPC

MSA

FMEA

DOE

GD&T

DFM/A

IATF 16949

Excel

Smartsheet

JMP

Minitab

JIRA

Tableau

Job description

Lucid Motors seeks a Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Chassis Systems to drive best-in-class product quality from APQP through PPAP, launching chassis systems into production with Lucid’s standards for quality and reliability.

The role collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to optimize supplier readiness, industrialization, and production ramp. Extensive travel is expected.