Manufacturing Engineer II, Inverter

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 production happening in-house across our global offices and manufacturing facilities. Our teams come from industries around the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence. By refusing to settle, you can help redefine what’s possible and shape the future of mobility.

Lucid is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to develop, launch, validate, sustain, and continuously improve manufacturing equipment and processes within the Powertrain Drive Unit organization. Assigned to the Stator + Rotor team, this engineer will combine hands‑on equipment expertise with structured, data-driven problem solving.

The role owns assigned stations and processes from concept, specification, and supplier engagement through installation, commissioning, validation, production ramp, optimization, and operational handoff. The engineer will partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Automation and Controls, Maintenance, Facilities, Logistics, Supply Chain, and equipment suppliers.

• Participate in DFM/DFA reviews and translate product requirements into safe, capable, maintainable, and scalable manufacturing processes.
• E-motor assembly, joining, press operations, bearing installation, torque-controlled fastening, material handling, and automated component
• Motor dynotesting and in-process or end‑of‑line functional testing.
• Inverter assembly including controlled fastening, dispensing, laser welding, automated handling, traceability, and functional testing.
• High- and low-voltage test safety, isolation and hipottesting, sequencing, limit management, data collection, false‑fail reduction, and test-system integration.
• Develop manufacturing concepts, process requirements, equipment specifications, scopes of work, RFQ packages, technical bid reviews, and supplier‑selection inputs.
• Coordinate cross-functional design reviews for assigned stations, tooling, automated equipment, and factory integration requirements.
• Support supplier build, runoff, installation, utility readiness, commissioning, debug, and production integration.
• Plan and execute FAT, SAT, equipment qualification, process validation, capability studies, Run-at-Rate, and final acceptance against safety, quality, cycle time, throughput, reliability, maintainability, traceability, and specification requirements.
• Lead structured problem‑solving using methods such as 8D, 5 Why, Six Sigma, DOE, fault‑tree analysis, and root cause analysis.
• Provide hands‑on ramp support, containment, recovery planning, and corrective action for equipment and process issues.
• Improve first‑pass yield, process capability, scrap, rework, cycle time, throughput, uptime, reliability, and error‑proofing; identify bottlenecks and standardize validated solutions.
• Evaluate engineering changes for product, tooling, process, equipment, controls, validation, documentation, cost, and implementation impacts.
• Develop process documentation, manufacturing instructions, parameter standards, PFMEAs, troubleshooting guides, spare‑partsand recovery plans, training inputs, and operational…