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Manager, Technical Quality Engineering

Casa Grande, AZ
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.

Manager, Technical Quality Engineering 

About Lucid Motors 

Lucid Motors is redefining luxury mobility through advanced electric vehicle technology, uncompromising quality, and world‑class manufacturing. As Lucid advances products from concept through launch and into sustained production, strong technical quality leadership is critical to preventing engineering risk, ensuring build readiness, and protecting product integrity across the full vehicle lifecycle. 

Role Summary 

As Manager, Technical Quality Engineering, you will lead a team responsible for technical quality execution, upstream engineering risk prevention, and build‑phase quality performance across Lucid’s vehicle programs. This role spans concept and DFM through prototype, DV/PV builds, launch, and continuous improvement, ensuring product and process risks are identified early, validation readiness is achieved, and issues are driven to robust closure through engineering discipline. You will partner closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Program Management, and Test & Validation to protect launch readiness and vehicle quality in a fast‑paced EV environment. 

Explicit boundary: This role applies APQP tools and supports program‑level quality gates but does not own enterprise APQP execution, PDP cadence, or portfolio‑level APQP governance. 

Local travel between Phoenix and Coolidge/Casa Grande is required, with occasional travel to California, Michigan, or AMP‑2. 

 

YOU WILL 

Technical Quality Leadership & Team Management 

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing Technical Quality Engineering team. 
  • Set priorities, balance workload, and ensure timely execution of program‑level technical quality deliverables. 
  • Build team capability in DFM/DFA, GD&T, tolerance analysis, core quality tools, and structured problem solving. 
  • Serve as the escalation point for complex and high‑impact technical quality issues. 

Upstream Product Quality & Engineering Risk Prevention 

  • Drive early quality engagement during concept, architecture, and design phases. 
  • Identify design‑ and system‑level risks and ensure mitigation plans are in place prior to design freeze and tooling commitment. 
  • Ensure product quality and validation expectations are technically sound and achievable. 

Technical Quality Engineering Execution 

  • Oversee quality engineering support for prototype, DV, PV, and pre‑series builds. 
  • Ensure issues are identified early, tracked accurately, and driven to verified closure. 
  • Validate design intent, part readiness, and process capability through build learning and verification. 

Quality Tools, Engineering Analysis & Dimensional Governance 

  • Ensure effective application of APQP, PPAP, DFMEA/PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and SPC at the technical execution level. 
  • Review and guide GD&T interpretation and tolerance stack‑ups in partnership with design and metrology teams. 
  • Monitor process capability and validation readiness throughout all build phases. 

Issue Resolution, Escalation & Closure 

  • Lead complex root cause investigations across design, manufacturing, suppliers, and build environments. 
  • Drive containment, corrective actions, verification, and long‑term systemic closure. 
  • Escalate technical risks appropriately and ensure leadership visibility with data‑backed recommendations. 

Manufacturing, Supplier & Compliance Collaboration 

  • Partner with manufacturing to strengthen process stability, capability, and quality controls. 
  • Provide technical leadership for supplier PPAP support, incoming quality issues, audits, and readiness activities. 
  • Support safety, regulatory, and compliance activities by providing technical evidence aligned with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 (contributor role; not system owner). 

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication 

  • Deliver clear technical quality reports, risk assessments, and recovery plans to leadership. 
  • Communicate priorities, risks, and escalations across engineering, programs, and manufacturing teams. 
  • Ensure documentation supports traceability, audit readiness, and lessons learned. 

 

YOU BRING 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline (Master’s preferred). 
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in automotive, EV, aerospace, or other high‑complexity manufacturing environments. 
  • Strong expertise in GD&T, tolerance analysis, APQP/PPAP, DFMEA/PFMEA, MSA/SPC, and structured problem solving. 
  • Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical or quality engineering teams. 
  • Proven ability to drive complex engineering and quality issues to closure across cross‑functional organizations. 
  • Strong technical judgment, communication, and stakeholder‑influence skills. 

 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations. At Lucid, we don’t just welcome diversity — we celebrate the differences that make up our team. 

 

 

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.)

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To all recruitment agencies: Lucid Motors does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our careers alias or other Lucid Motors employees. Lucid Motors is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 
 

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