Project Manager, Drive Unit

Company: Lucid Motors
Location: Newark
Posted on: June 21, 2022

Job Description:

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobilityAt 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.
We are currently seeking a Project Manager, Drive Unit. The candidate is an accomplished project manager with strong organizational capabilities and the ability to influence and coordinate with talented engineering teams and stakeholders for a seamless delivery of technical programs. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches 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 efficient progression within a fast-paced and complex work environment.
The Role:

• Works with fast paced cross functional team of engineers to ensure that drive units development activities are executed efficiently.
• Manages stakeholders across the engineering development organization with regard to drive unit builds, deliveries, test activities, etc.
• Tracks drive unit usage and failures, reporting regularly to the engineering organization and prioritizing and driving efficient issue resolution.
• Collaborates effectively with teams across the Lucid business, by developing the drive unit team's internal and external-facing processes.
• Develops and implements effective program management processes and best practices from initiation to completion
• Fosters strong cross-functional partnerships and can effectively prioritize workload demands to meet project deadlines
• Maintains and manages records of all the issues, their resolutions, part cutover dates and utilizes data to help make effective high priority decisions.
• Ownership mindset. Takes ownership of problems and drives them to resolution.
• Fosters technical communication by sharing end of project report and shares its learnings with the engineering team.Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of experience of project management
  • Experience in automotive development processes.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to work in a high-pace highly complex cross-functional environment.
  • Excellent organization skills with a track record of delivering projects on-time
    Preferred:
    • Experience in automotive hardware and software development processes
    • Experience with Agile project management tools including Atlassian software (JIRA, Confluence)
      Education:
      • Bachelors degree. Master's degree is highly valued.
      • Project management qualification would be an advantageAt Lucid, we don't 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.
        Notice regarding COVID-19 vaccination requirement as a condition of gainful employment within the United StatesAt Lucid, we prioritize the health and wellbeing of our employees, families, and friends above all else. In response to the novel Coronavirus, and the increased transmissibility with recent variants, all new Lucid employees, whose job will be based in the United States, must provide original documentation confirming status as having received the prescribed inoculation (doses) based on the manufacturer's guidelines on their first day of employment.Individuals seeking a medical and/or religious exemption from this requirement may be granted such an accommodation after submitting a formal request to and the subsequent review and approval thereof by our dedicated Covid-19 Response team.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.

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