System Validation Engineer, Vehicle Access & Digital Key

Lucid Motors

Newark (CA)

On-site

USD 127,000 - 175,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Discretionary annual cash incentive
Paid time off

Job summary

Lucid Motors in Newark, CA seeks a System Validation Engineer to validate Digital Key, NFC, BLE, diagnostics, OTA updates, and Passive Entry across vehicle, mobile, cloud, and embedded platforms.

The role leads test plans, defect triage, and automation development in Python and CAPL, collaborating with software, hardware, and supplier teams to ensure secure, reliable access technologies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Engineering or related field.
  • 3+ years in Automotive Validation, Integration Testing, or Development Verification.
  • Strong knowledge of UDS Diagnostics (ISO 14229) and CAN/CAN-FD.
  • Hands-on CANoe, CANalyzer, and automotive debugging tools.
  • Experience with Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet Digital Key implementations.
  • Familiarity with Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) Digital Key concepts and certification testing.
  • Strong programming and automation using Python and CAPL.
  • Experience with system integration, debugging, and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Perform system-level and vehicle-level validation of Digital Key, NFC, BLE, Diagnostics, OTA, and Passive Entry features.
  • Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and validation strategies for customer-facing access control functionality.
  • Lead defect triage, debugging, and root cause analysis across hardware, embedded software, mobile applications, and cloud services.
  • Validate UDS diagnostics services (ISO 14229), DTC behavior, and ECU communication.
  • Analyze NFC, BLE, CAN, CAN-FD, and Ethernet communication logs to identify and troubleshoot issues.
  • Develop and maintain automation frameworks and regression tests using Python and CAPL.
  • Support digital key interoperability testing across Apple, Google, and Samsung mobile ecosystems.
  • Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, mobile, and supplier teams to ensure successful feature delivery and release readiness.

Skills

UDS Diagnostics
CAN/CAN-FD Networks
Python
CAPL
Test Automation
Digital Key implementations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Automotive Engineering, or related field

Tools

CANoe
CANalyzer

Job description

Lucid Motors in Newark, CA seeks a System Validation Engineer to validate Digital Key, NFC, BLE, diagnostics, OTA updates, and Passive Entry across vehicle, mobile, cloud, and embedded platforms.

The role leads test plans, defect triage, and automation development in Python and CAPL, collaborating with software, hardware, and supplier teams to ensure secure, reliable access technologies.

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