Senior Engineer, Charging Software Testing
Lucid Motors1 day ago
Base Salary
$158k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct QA, validation, verification, reliability, compliance, and safety testing for onboard chargers, HV powertrain components, and vehicle charging systems.
- Develop and execute test plans covering electrical, thermal, mechanical, and high-voltage charging assessments.
- Operate and maintain high-voltage test equipment, power supplies, electronic loads, and mechanical test setups.
- Support hardware-in-the-loop and High Voltage Buck testing, including implementation of automated test cases.
- Design, build, maintain, and integrate test benches for high- and low-voltage systems.
- Automate data logging and analysis using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, CANape, and CANalyzer.
- Troubleshoot test failures with software, hardware, and systems engineering teams.
- Document test procedures, results, design improvements, and test reports.
- Collaborate with engineers and vendors to define methodologies and ensure compliance with J1772, ISO 15118, and J3400.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar technical field is required; a master’s degree or higher is preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience in battery software testing or automotive embedded systems.
- Proficiency with Vector CANoe and CANape for testing and simulations.
- Experience testing high-voltage battery software, including safety protocols, PPE usage, and emergency procedures.
- Expertise with the MATLAB Simulink family of tools for model-based software verification.
- Strong understanding of voltage, current, capacity, energy, SOC, SOE, SOP, SOH, and charge/discharge characteristics.
- Familiarity with CAN, LIN, RS-232, USB, Automotive Ethernet, networking devices, and communication protocols.
- Ability to design and build test benches and integrate test automation tools.
- Strong documentation skills for test planning, execution, and reporting.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability coverage.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Hourly/non-exempt employees may accrue up to 120 hours of paid time off, and salaried/exempt employees may accrue up to 160 hours.
- Eligible employees may participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or discretionary annual cash incentive program.
- Lucid is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants.
About Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors designs, manufactures, and sells premium electric vehicles, including the Lucid Air sedan and Gravity SUV, built on its in-house EV platform. The public company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Newark, California, sells directly through its website and showrooms and operates manufacturing in Arizona. It also supplies powertrain technology to other automakers and develops software and driver-assistance features for its vehicles.