Sr. Software Quality Process & Systems Engineer

Sr. Software Quality Process & Systems Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

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 andmanufacturingfacilities.

Ourteamscomefromindustriesaround the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence.

By refusing to settle, youcanhelpredefinewhat’spossible andshape the future of mobility.

At Lucid, we set out to create the most captivating luxury electric vehicles—vehicles that elevate the human experience, break conventional boundaries, and shape the future of sustainable mobility.

The Sr. Software Quality Operations Engineer drives end-to-end software quality operations across vehicle programs. This role ensures timely issue resolution, effective cross-functional coordination, executive visibility, and continuous improvement of software quality performance throughout the software development and release lifecycle.

The successful candidate will serve as a central point of coordination for software quality activities, leading issue triage, quality governance, risk reporting, and release‑readiness tracking. This role requires strong knowledge of software development and validation processes, disciplined program execution, and the ability to influence teams across Engineering, Validation, Program Management, Product Quality, Service, Manufacturing, and Functional Safety.

• Lead software issue triage, prioritization, and tracking across multiple vehicle domains, programs, and software releases.
• Drive cross-functional coordination to support timely root‑cause analysis, corrective actions, validation, and issue closure.
• Own critical issue review processes and provide clear visibility into software quality risks, blockers, dependencies, and resolution status.
• Monitor defect backlog health, issue aging, closure performance, and recurring quality concerns requiring escalation or systemic corrective action.
• Facilitate software quality review meetings and ensure clear ownership, accountability, decisions, and follow‑through for open issues.

• Develop and maintain software quality dashboards, KPIs, issue‑aging reports, and executive‑level status reporting.
• Drive reporting and governance processes that improve organizational visibility, data integrity, prioritization, and decision‑making.
• Present software quality status, risks, trends, and recommendations to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Analyze quality data to identify recurring failure patterns, program risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Drive consistent quality governance practices across vehicle programs and software domains.

• Support software release‑readiness assessments by tracking open risks, critical defects, validation status, dependencies, and closure plans.
• Partner with Engineering, Validation, Program Management, Product Quality, Service, Manufacturing, Functional…