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Lucid Motors

Designs and manufactures luxury electric vehicles

Technical Specialist - CAE Crashworthiness

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSouthfield, MI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • The candidate must have 8 or more years of experience in full-vehicle crashworthiness computer-aided engineering (CAE) at an automotive original equipment manufacturer or equivalent experience.
  • The candidate must know global regulatory and consumer safety requirements, including FMVSS, UNECE, USNCAP, IIHS, Euro NCAP, and China NCAP.
  • The candidate must demonstrate strong analytical skills to draw meaningful conclusions from CAE results.
  • The candidate must have demonstrable experience identifying root causes of test performance and correlating CAE models.
  • The candidate must be able to concisely present technical issues, CAE results, and findings, and propose next steps.
  • The candidate must be an advanced user of LS-DYNA and pre- and post-processing tools such as Ansa/Meta, the Oasys suite, and HyperWorks.
  • The candidate must have scripting experience using Python.
  • A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field is required.

Responsibilities

  • Execute simulations to evaluate full-vehicle structural crashworthiness performance in high- and low-speed frontal, side, and rear impacts, and pedestrian protection.
  • Generate feasible vehicle design recommendations while working cross-functionally with engineering teams.
  • Assist with building a high-fidelity CAE model from CAD data.
  • Create analysis reports and communicate program status to relevant teams.
  • Participate in post-test teardowns to correlate CAE results with physical tests.
  • Where appropriate, conduct Design of Experiments (DOE) and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) studies using optimization tools on vehicle designs to meet performance requirements within constraints such as cost and mass.
  • Support the creation of standard work procedures for delivering quality models and simulation results.
  • Lead and mentor junior engineers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with CAD, particularly CATIA, is a plus.
  • A master's degree or higher is preferred.

About the Company

Lucid Motors

Designs and manufactures luxury electric vehicles

Lucid Motors designs and builds luxury electric vehicles in the United States. It develops its own EV technology in-house, enabling longer ranges with fewer batteries, which makes cars lighter and more sustainable. It sells directly to consumers, controlling the whole process from design to sales and service. Its goal is to advance sustainable technology and redefine what luxury electric vehicles can be in the automotive industry.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Newark, CA
Founded
2016

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