Data Engineer II, Vehicle Test

About Lucid

At Lucid we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucids 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 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 productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices the world united by a shared commitment to refusing to settle youcanhelpredefinewhatspossible andshape the future of mobility.

At Lucid we are creating an electric future without compromise. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability design and engineering ambition and integrity. We build world-class vehicles by pushing performance efficiency and design beyond industry limits setting new standards with vehicles like Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity.

The people here engineers designers operators and builders came from across industries and around the world because they wanted to work on a harder problem. They care deeply about mastering their craft and delivering work they are proud of. We trust you to take ownership push beyond what is expected and help write the playbook for what comes next.

By refusing to settle you help shape the future of electric mobility and prove what is possible when craft and ambition refuse to compromise each other.

The Role

The Vehicle Test Development & Instrumentation (VTDI) team is seeking a Tools Systems & Data Engineer II to build and maintain the software tools workflow automations data infrastructure and engineering platforms that enable vehicle test and development across Lucids product portfolio.

Youll spend most of your time on tools systems and data engineering: writing software automating workflows building data pipelines and dashboards and partnering with engineers to turn their pain points into working solutions. The balance is spent supporting the Vehicle Test & Development team directly working on prototype vehicles running diagnostics and software updates setting up instrumentation and supporting test planning and execution alongside the engineers who use what you build.

The best engineering tools are built by people who have used them in the field. Time spent on real vehicles will sharpen your understanding of what engineers actually need and make the tools you build better for it. It also means youll develop a rare skill set one that combines modern software engineering with hands-on vehicle development.

Success in this role means translating cross-functional needs into secure scalable and supportable tools that engineers rely on every day while being a dependable pair of hands for the Vehicle Test & Development team.

What Youll Own

• Engineering Applications & Tools:

• Design develop deploy and maintain software applications that support vehicle development and test activities.

• Workflow Automation & Enterprise Systems:

• Build automated workflows and system integrations across Jira Confluence SharePoint Microsoft Teams Power Platform and other engineering platforms.

• Reduce manual effort improve traceability and streamline reporting and collaboration.

• Data Platforms & Cloud Infrastructure:

• Develop and support cloud-based data pipelines databases APIs and services that securely collect transform store and make engineering data accessible from vehicle telemetry data loggers fleet systems and enterprise sources.

• Analytics & Operational Visibility:

• Create dashboards reporting solutions and operational analytics that provide actionable insight into VTDIs engineering deliverables and KPIs.

• Data Governance & Reliability:

• Establish practical standards for data quality metadata access retention traceability application monitoring documentation and supportability across VTDI tools and data products.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Product Ownership:

• Partner with engineering stakeholders to gather requirements prioritize tasks and manage user acceptance.

• Continuously improve solutions based on business value and user feedback.

• AI-Enabled Engineering Productivity:

• Evaluate and apply AI-assisted technologies where they provide measurable engineering value while meeting security and data-governance requirements.

What Youll Support:

• Vehicle Test and Development

• Work within the Vehicle Test & Development team to support our core deliverables of vehicle validation and development activities this includes executing the following:

• Support vehicle readiness signoffs for relevant engineering activities.

• Ensure engineering tools and enterprise systems are operational prior to test.

• Perform general vehicle diagnostics manual SW flashing OTA support and engineering tools/instrumentation checks.

• Test planning execution and reporting.

• Issue identification documentation reporting and cross-functional sharing.

• Ability to operate and evaluate test vehicles as needed for sign-off or test requirements.

• By supporting the execution of above tasks offer tools and systems that improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What You Bring

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering Data Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• 2 to 5 years of professional experience in software engineering data engineering engineering systems analytics or automation.

• Strong programming skills in Python and working knowledge of full-stack development using technologies such as React TypeScript/JavaScript FastAPI Flask .

• Experience with SQL data modeling REST APIs system integrations and version control such as Git.

• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and services in AWS Azure or a comparable platform including object storage serverless functions containers and cloud data warehouses such as Redshift.

• Experience developing or supporting production software tools data pipelines workflow automations and dashboards using tools such as Grafana Kibana Tableau or Power BI.

• Experience building on or integrating with enterprise platforms such as Jira Confluence and SharePoint.

• Interest in hands-on work with prototype vehicles willingness to obtain Lucid Prototype Driver (LPD) qualification and availability to travel domestically to test sites and fleet drives.

• Strong analytical debugging and problem-solving skills with the organizational discipline to manage multiple projects at the same time.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

• Self-starter with a strong work ethic a collaborative mindset and a genuine desire to keep learning.

Preferred:

• Automotive EV autonomous vehicle motorsports or Formula SAE experience.

• Understanding of vehicle development testing diagnostics telemetry CAN Ethernet and data-acquisition workflows.

• Prior hands-on experience with prototype or pre-production vehicles test fleets or laboratory and proving-ground environments.

• Experience extending enterprise platforms through Atlassian APIs or Forge Microsoft Graph or Power Platform.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines containerized deployment and DevOps practices in a production environment.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools generative AI LLM-based workflows retrieval systems or engineering copilots.

Work Requirement

This role is based at Lucids Newark CA location. Specific onsite and travel requirements will be confirmed by the hiring team.

At Lucid we dont just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color national or ethnic origin age religion disability sexual orientation gender gender identity and expression marital status and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.

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