Lucid Motors

Lead Technical Project Manager – ADAS/AD SW Development

28 March 2024
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£50000 - £100000 / year

Job Description

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility
At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.
 
We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.
 
Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

As the Lead Technical Project Manager for ADAS/AD, you are a seasoned program management expert and cross-functional leader that will be responsible for strategic planning and execution of technical and integrated SW milestones to deploy automated driving features that delight our customers. This requires an experienced professional with a track record of successfully bringing new automotive ADAS and AD features into production.

Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their respective fields, to possess the ability to learn quickly and to strive for perfection.

This role will be based in the US at our Newark, CA Headquarters.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate across platform, applications (Maps, Motion Planning & Control, Perception), and Data teams to create an integrated stack that aligns with feature development
  • Define and track progress toward SW integration milestones and identify, escalate, unblock issues that impact SW Development
  • Manage and coordinate critical program activities between the key stakeholders, cross-functional teams and other project managers/tech leads.
  • Employ project management skills related to overall project tracking, deliverables management, action item tracking, meeting minutes, team communications, and presentations; keep stakeholders apprised of project status and defined deliverables.
  • Use tools like Jira and Confluence to communicate key tasks, track progress, and publish critical information to the complete project team.
  • Contribute to Strategy development and operation management for the entire ADAS/AD department.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years of experience in engineering or program management in ADAS feature, system, or SW development
  • Success in driving complex software integration processes and optimizations, and leading cross functional program end-to-end
  • An ability to lead through ambiguity and enabling teams to perform in this environment
  • Expertise using JIRA, Confluence, and other project management tools
  • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills and an ability to explain difficult or sensitive information in an easy to understand manner
  • Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems and effectively facilitate the team to a decision and coordinate the action plan.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment.
  • Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to drive decisions using data and metrics 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in an engineering discipline
  • 8 years related experience.
  • PhD with 5 year’s experience;

 

 
Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.
 
Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.  (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)Base Pay Range (Annual)$175,000—$256,630 USDLucid maintains your privacy according to its Candidate Privacy Notice. If you are a California resident, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice.
 
To all recruitment agencies: Lucid Motors does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our careers alias or other Lucid Motors employees. Lucid Motors is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.