Sr. Principal AI​/ML Data Management & Governance Lead

Sr. Principal AI/ML Data Management & Governance Lead

Newark, CA

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.

How We Work:
We balance hard work and innovation through meaningful, in-office calibration. Please note, this role is based out of Newark, CA or select remote work options.

• Design Unified Governance Architecture across four critical domains:
  Core Data Integrity & Lineage.
• Create federated governance models enabling teams to own data products while adhering to global standards.
• Architect automated metadata harvesting systems for a central data catalog with rich context tagging.
• Implement sovereignty and traceability frameworks to meet strict location-based regulations and enable end-to-end data lineage.
• Define and enforce enterprise ontologies and semantic standards as the “source of truth” for AI systems.
• Establish governance models for seamless AI agent interoperability.
• Build Explainable AI (XAI) frameworks linking decisions to training data versions and metadata.
• Design forensic guardrails to reconstruct decision states and prevent PII leakage or hallucinations.
• Architect identity frameworks for non-human agents with strict “least privilege” principles.
• Define sandboxing standards for agent interactions with external tools to prevent unintended state changes.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related STEM field, Master’s Degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of experience with a completed Master’s Degree or 12+ years of experience with a completed Bachelor’s Degree.
• Strategic Leadership:
  Ability to define governance roadmaps with C-suite stakeholders and deliver foundational code.
• High-Stakes
  
  Experience:
  
  Proven track record in industries where data failure impacts safety or regulatory compliance (e.g., Pharma, Healthcare, Defense).
• Technical Expertise:
  • Knowledge graph architectures and semantic layers for AI data standardization.
  • Policy engines (e.g., OPA) and “Policy as Code” frameworks within IaC workflows.
  • Enterprise-scale data catalogs and automated lineage systems (e.g., Open Lineage).
  • Familiarity with modern AI stacks: vector search, LLM orchestration, and RAG architectures.
  • Multi-cloud security fluency with focus on data residency, encryption, and zero‑trust architectures.

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.

Base Pay Range (Annual): $216,900 - $318,120 USD

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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