Supplier Quality Engineer

What You Own

• Production Containment: Lead and support timely containment of supplier quality issues affecting production, coordinating supplier responses to nonconforming material and operational disruptions.
• Corrective Action: Manage supplier quality concerns through closure using structured problem-solving methods, including root cause analysis, corrective action review, and effectiveness validation.
• Quality Planning: Support APQP execution by reviewing PFMEAs, control plans, process flows, and PPAP documentation for completeness and manufacturing readiness.
• Cross-Functional Resolution: Partner with Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Logistics, Engineering, and Materials teams to align priorities, communicate risk, and restore stable production.
• Supplier Performance: Monitor supplier quality metrics, analyze defect trends, and identify actions that reduce recurrence, scrap, quality spills, and supplier-driven disruptions.
• Process Assurance: Participate in supplier audits and process assessments, document findings, and support follow-through on improvement actions.
• Change Execution: Support supplier engineering changes by assessing quality impacts, tracking required documentation, and helping ensure controlled implementation.

What You Bring

Required (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3-5 year of experience in supplier quality, manufacturing quality, quality assurance, automotive manufacturing, or industrial manufacturing.
• Basic working knowledge of quality systems and core quality tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, and GD&T fundamentals.
• Experience applying structured problem-solving tools such as 8D, 5 Why analysis, fishbone or Ishikawa analysis, and corrective action processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical thinking, organization, follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with plastic injection molding processes.
• Automotive industry experience or experience working directly with suppliers.
• Understanding of IATF 16949 requirements.
• Familiarity with SAP, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar manufacturing systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and technical specifications.

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.