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Technical Illustrator
Fremont, CA
Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility
At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.
We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.
Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.
Lucid Motors is currently seeking a Technical Illustrator. In this role, you’ll support documentation and training efforts help our users and customers take the right action. Candidates will be expected to show their previous technical illustration work, demonstrate a process/project mindset, an ability to learn quickly, and a conceptual understanding of documentation as code.
Responsibilities
- Gather illustration requirements from the technical publications team, product managers, and subject matter experts (such as engineers, quality assurance, software developers) across many departments.
- Extract information from engineering documentation and tools (such as schematics, system specifications, Confluence, and Figma)
- Ensure technical accuracy of content using a validation/QA process (that may differ from project to project), peer review content, etc.
- Plan, track, and report on work using collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet.
- Document workflows and processes using Lucidchart, PowerPoint, etc.
- Coordinate with marketing and brand departments to align illustrations with brand guidelines
Qualifications
- 2 years of experience in technical illustration with knowledge of relevant illustration tools
- Bachelor’s degree or certificate in Design, Visual Arts, or equivalent professional experience.
- A portfolio of completed illustrations, which should include:
- Process illustrations
- Use of labels and/or callouts
- Evidence of simplifying and/or replacing many written items with a single image
- Ability to adopt the mindset of the consumer and create illustrations best suited to the task at hand, including a sense of when an illustration is not necessary.
- An understanding of Agile values, and a willingness to engage end users for feedback early in the publication process.
- Ability to work under constraints of both tight and frequently shifting deadlines
- Must have a problem-solving mindset – the ability to work independently, interact with internal teams as well as customers to identify pain points, then propose and iterate on solutions
- Demonstrated ability to manage an asset library for easy location and reuse across business departments
- Markup language experience (such as HTML, XML, DITA XML, XLS or SGML).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Expertise with Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Illustrator
- Previous experience with a 3D rendering tool such as Keyshot and Blender, or Maya
Helpful Qualifications
- Structured authoring tool experience such as oXygen, XMetaL, structured FrameMaker.
- Content Management System (CMS) experience (such as SDL LiveContent Architect).
- Style guideline experience (Simplified Technical English, S1000D, MIL-STD, MMSTP, or custom style guide creation or contributions).
- Previous experience with ‘how-to’ product documentation
- Experience with CAD-based, 3D modeling tools such as 3DS Enovia (Composer, Work Instructions)
- Strong working knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
- Previous experience illustrating for an automotive or manufacturing company
At Lucid, we don’t just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.
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.
Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)
Base Pay Range (Annual)
$86,700 - $119,240 USD
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