Lucid Motors
Design Release Engineer, Interior Trim
About this role
Join Lucid's Interior Components and Systems engineering team as a Design Release Engineer to develop luxury interior trim solutions for electric vehicles. You'll manage supplier collaboration, conduct design trials, and track testing from concept through production launch, working across a cross-functional team in a fast-paced automotive environment.
What you'll do
- Lead interior components and systems development for hard trim, soft trim, and headliners
- Collaborate with interior trim suppliers on technical excellence, trials (NPI and tier-to-tier), and on-time delivery
- Create 2D/3D concept drawings, packaging layouts, and DFM studies using CAD software
- Coordinate with marketing, design, and vehicle engineering teams on packaging, release, and vehicle launch
- Analyze testing results and cost breakdowns to implement value engineering solutions
- Support manufacturing processes including wrapping, injection molding, painting, and compression molding
What they're looking for
- Interior components and systems design (hard trim, soft trim, headliners)
- CAD proficiency (CATIA V5/V6 preferred) for 2D/3D drawings and DFM studies
- Materials selection and plastic injection molding design
- GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
- Automotive manufacturing processes (wrapping, molding, painting, compression molding)
- Vehicle program launch and NPI trial management
- Cost analysis and value engineering
- Cross-functional collaboration and technical communication
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Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors manufactures electric vehicles and is hiring quality engineers to improve production processes and resolve customer issues at their Arizona facility. The company is looking for manufacturing and field quality professionals to drive process improvements, investigate warranty concerns, and enhance overall vehicle performance.
- Website
- lucidmotors.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience leading interior component development from concept through production launch—what was your role in the program?
- Walk us through a time you managed a supplier relationship on a complex interior trim project; how did you ensure quality and on-time delivery?