Lucid’s mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating the most captivating luxury electric vehicles, centered around the human experience. We constantly seek talented, motivated individuals possessing a proven track record of excellence to join our team. Become part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the automotive and mobility industry.
As a Prototype Vehicle Test Technician, reporting to the Manager for Vehicle Test Europe, you will be assigned a range of duties, including instrumentation of vehicles for testing in various disciplines, dynamics, durability, noise and vibration, performance. You will work with a dedicated group of engineers and technicians to solve data acquisition problems. You will also support various engineering prototype builds.
The ideal candidate can show proof of excellence in your past position, while demonstrating profound creativity in resolving mechanical problems, diagnosing faults, and implementing vehicle test hardware.
You Will:
- Test drive and evaluate test vehicles on ‘real world’ driving situations on test routes/tracks, conduct safety inspections, perform specialized test procedures and document findings on driver reports in a clear and concise manner.
- Recreate driving scenario in controlled and field tests and provide feedback to engineering team.
- Perform vehicle checks, maintenance and keep vehicle prepared for field testing daily.
- Manual data collection and driving including mapping drives and final data verification drives.
- Specifically, our Vehicle Test Drivers will be responsible for driving prototype vehicles on various public and private roads in order to obtain data and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Build and follow process for the teams, document potential issues and improvements
- Support in diagnose, maintain, and repair vehicles and bench systems
- Assist the team and work on installation, upgrade, calibration, configuration of sensors, ECUs, etc.
- Work efficiently within a multidisciplinary cooperative environment on prototype, pre-production, show, and production vehicles
You Are:
- Valid driver's license with at least 7 years of driving experience and a clean driving record (DMV record will be obtained)
- Must be able to demonstrate safe driving in all weather conditions, including rain.
- Safety Sensitive position requiring all persons assigned to activity be drug free.
- Able to drive for prolonged periods routinely exceeding eight or more hours.
- Must be willing to work flexible hours including weekends and possible overtime.
- Must have good vision, hearing and motor skills. Alertness and good driving instinct to monitor automated vehicle performance and supervision.
- Basic computer skills and ability to operate GPS.
- Must demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly both written and orally.
- Exceptional ability and desire to learn new skills and tools. Ability to apply oneself in new problems in a dynamic lean start-up environment
Preferred:
- Associates degree or equivalent training
- Experience working on fully electric vehicles
- Professional Race team experience
- Fabrication and wiring experience
- Luxury automotive technician experience
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