Technical Specialist, Battery Safety

Lucid Motors; Town of Newark (WI); On-site; USD 167,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Equity program

Discretionary annual cash incentive

Job summary

Lucid Motors, based in Wisconsin, seeks a Technical Specialist of Battery Safety to lead HV battery safety requirements, system-level analyses, and regulatory readiness across PV, DV, and production phases. You will partner with vehicle, pack, manufacturing, service and validation teams to ensure safety is the top priority while enabling innovative solutions.

The role requires 6–10+ years in HV battery systems or vehicle safety engineering, with hands-on SFMEA/DFMEA experience and fluency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 6–10+ years of experience in HV battery systems, functional safety, or vehicle safety engineering.
• Hands-on experience with battery safety analyses (SFMEA, DFMEA, HARA) and requirements development.
• Working knowledge of global battery safety and vehicle regulations (R100, FMVSS, CE, NCAP, UN38.3).
• Experience using requirements or systems engineering tools such as CAMEO, DOORS, 3DX, FLOW, JAMA or similar.
• Ability to interpret test data and CAE results and convert them into clear engineering decisions.
• Proven track record of cross-functional execution in fast-paced product development environments.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and comfort operating in high-responsibility, regulatory-driven roles.

Responsibilities

• Own HV battery RESS safety requirements for battery programs, including authoring, maintaining, and approving requirements in CAMEO and 3DX across PV, DV, and production phases.
• Lead system-level safety analyses, including SFMEA, DFMEA alignment, HARA, and hazard breakdowns from L0–L4, ensuring traceability to test evidence and field learnings.
• Drive regulatory and compliance readiness for global markets, including R100, FMVSS 305a, CE Marking, EURO NCAP, UL 2580, UN38.3.
• Act as the primary safety interface to vehicle, pack, manufacturing, service, and validation teams, resolving cross-functional safety issues and ensuring timely closure of actions.
• Define and review battery safety test plans (R&D and DV), review test data, extract learnings, and cascade risks to DREs and leadership.
• Lead thermal runaway safety topics, including detection logic, post-crash reactions, contactor and fuse responses, grounding strategies, and customer notification paths.
• Support manufacturing and service safety topics, including HV handling, storage, damaged pack response, labeling, MSDS, emergency response guides, and service manuals.
• Maintain and present program safety dashboards, compliance status, and maturity tracking to stakeholders on a regular cadence.
• Represent the company in industry working groups and standards committees (e‑mobility, PRBA, ZETA, UL), ensuring Lucid remains ahead of regulatory and safety trends.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers on safety methods, requirements of quality, and system thinking.

Skills

HV battery systems

Functional safety

Vehicle safety engineering

Requirements development

Cross-functional execution

Test data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering

Tools

CAMEO

DOORS

3DX

FLOW

JAMA

Job description

About Lucid

At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices andmanufacturingfacilities.Ourteamscomefromindustriesaround the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence.By refusing to settle, youcanhelpredefinewhat’spossible andshape the future of mobility.

Weare currently seeking aTechnical Specialist of Battery Safety, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Battery Engineering.This roleis responsible forsetting the safety standards used both in R&D aswellproduction.Theapplicant should bring an organized mind coupled with the mental agility to enforce safety as our top priority without creating an environment too rigid for creative solutioning.

You Will

• Own HV battery RESS safety requirements forall batteryprograms, including authoring,maintaining, and approving requirements in CAMEO and 3DX across PV, DV, and production phases.

• Lead system-level safety analyses , including SFMEA, DFMEA alignment, HARA , and hazard breakdowns from L0–L4, ensuring traceability to test evidence and field learnings.

• Drive regulatory and compliance readiness for global markets, including R100, FMVSS 305a, CE Marking, EURO NCAP, UL 2580, UN38.3 , and emerging battery safety legislation.

• Act as the primary safety interface to vehicle, pack, manufacturing, service, and validation teams , resolvingcross‑functionalsafety issues and ensuringtimelyclosure of actions.

• Define and review battery safety test plans (R&D and DV), review test data, extract learnings, and rapidly cascade risks or concerns to DREs and leadership.

• Leadthermal runaway (TR) safety topics, including detection logic,post‑crashreactions, contactor and fuse responses, grounding strategies, and customer notification paths.

• Support manufacturing and service safety topics , including HV handling, storage, damaged pack response, labeling, MSDS, emergency response guides, and service manuals.

• Maintain and present program safety dashboards , compliance status, and maturity tracking to stakeholders on a regularcadence.

• Represent the company in industry working groups and standards committees (e‑mobility, PRBA, ZETA, UL), ensuring Lucidremainsahead of regulatory and safety trends.

• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers on safety methods,requirements ofquality, and system thinking.

Youhave

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Automotive Engineering (or equivalent experience).

• 6–10+ years of experience in HV battery systems, functional safety, or vehicle safety engineering.

• Hands‑onexperience with battery safety analyses (SFMEA, DFMEA, HARA) and requirements development.

• Working knowledge of global battery safety and vehicle regulations (R100, FMVSS, CE, NCAP, UN38.3).

• Experience using requirements or systems engineering tools such as CAMEO, DOORS, 3DX,FLOW,JAMAor similar.

• Ability to interpret test data and CAE results and convert them into clear engineering decisions.

• Proventrack recordof cross ‑ functionalexecution infast‑pacedproduct development environments.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex safety topics tonon‑experts.

• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and comfortoperatingin high ‑ responsibility,regulatory ‑ drivenroles.

Salary Range : The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Base Pay Range (Annual)

$166,500—$244,200 USD

Compensation & Benefits:

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• life and disability coverage
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• paid sick leave
• a401(k) retirementplan
• Hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off
• salaried/exempt employee accrue up to 160 hours paid time off
• Lucid’s equity program
• a discretionary annual cash incentive program

Equal Opportunity: At Lucid, we believe diversity strengthens everything we build. Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an inclusive workplace for all. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws and regulations.

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