Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Exterior Trim

What You'll Own

• Industrialization Strategy: Own the end-to-end industrialization strategy for assigned exterior trim commodities, including timing, tooling, capital equipment, fixtures, process validation, assembly readiness, Run at Rate, PPAP, and start of production.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical lead for complex supplier manufacturing challenges, guide cross-functional decisions, and establish scalable standards, lessons learned, and best practices across programs and suppliers.
• Manufacturing Feasibility: Influence part design and sourcing decisions by assessing manufacturing feasibility, supplier capability, capacity, quality systems, and launch risk before business award and design release.
• APQP and Launch Readiness: Lead robust APQP execution from early design through mass production, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated, and documented through process flow, PFMEA, control plans, capability studies, validation builds, and PPAP evidence.
• Process and Quality Excellence: Develop manufacturing and quality control strategies using GD&T, tolerance analysis, measurement systems, statistical methods, test methods, gaging, and preventive quality tools to achieve reliable production performance.
• Supplier Performance: Lead supplier audits, site assessments, capacity reviews, and corrective-action plans; monitor performance metrics and drive permanent resolution of process, quality, and delivery issues.
• Cross-Functional Delivery: Partner with Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, NPI, Incoming Quality, Material Planning, Supplier Quality, and assembly plant teams to protect production, resolve escalations, and deliver program milestones.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of high-volume automotive manufacturing experience in exterior trim systems, including experience in supplier industrialization, supplier quality, manufacturing engineering, launch engineering, or product engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience leading APQP, PPAP, supplier readiness, tooling and process validation, Run at Rate, launch execution, and structured problem solving.
• Deep knowledge of exterior trim manufacturing processes and Class A components, such as front and rear fascias, rocker moldings, wheel arch moldings, liftgates, spoilers, cowl screens, grilles, bright trim, appliques, and other injection-molded decorative parts.
• Demonstrated ability to read engineering drawings and apply GD&T, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, DOE, capability analysis, root-cause analysis, and corrective and preventive action methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience with tolerance analysis, mold-flow analysis, appearance approval processes, tooling development, painting, plating, joining, and secondary operations for exterior trim components.
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949 and experience conducting supplier process audits and production readiness assessments.
• Professional certification such as ASQ, Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing, or a comparable quality or operations credential.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; experience with Smartsheet, JMP, Minitab, JIRA, or Tableau is a plus.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder influence, technical writing, and data-driven decision-making skills in a fast-paced, global environment.

Compensation &

Benefits

Lucid offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability coverage; paid time off; paid holidays, paid sick leave; and a 401(k) retirement plan. Hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off, and salaried/exempt employee accrue up to 160 hours paid time off.

Eligible employees may also participate in Lucid's equity program and/or a discretionary annual cash incentive program. Incentive and equity awards, if applicable, are determined based on individual performance, role scope, market considerations, and overall company results, in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.