Sr. Software Quality Program Engineer
Lucid Motors · Newark, CA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if real content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID. Must remove boilerplate like About Lucid repeated, EEO, etc. Must keep substantive info.
We have sections: About Lucid (two paragraphs repeated). Should we include About Lucid? It's a section heading "About Lucid". The posting has content about Lucid. We can include one About Lucid section with combined content (deduplicate). Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). They gave examples but we can use other headings? Probably we should map content to those headings. The posting includes: About Lucid, The Role, What you will find..., What You’ll Own (with bullet points), Required, Preferred, Work Requirement, Compensation And Benefits, Equal Opportunity, Accessibility (boilerplate). We need to include only sections with real specific content. So we can have:
- About Lucid
- Responsibilities (maybe from The Role description)
- Qualifications (Required)
- Preferred Qualifications (Preferred)
- Benefits (Compensation And Benefits)
- Work Location/Schedule? Not given schedule; only location Bay Area, CA, Full-Time. Could include Schedule? Not explicit. Could include "Work Requirement" as location/collaboration. Might treat as "Work Location" but not in list. Probably we can omit Schedule if not specified. Pay: they have base salary range TBD, which is placeholder; we should not include Pay section because it's not specific (TBD). Benefits: they describe benefits package, so include Benefits.
We need to use
About Lucid
then... combined. Then "The Role" maybe heading? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). They gave examples but we can use other headings? Probably we should map content to those headings. The posting includes: About Lucid, The Role, What you will find..., What You’ll Own (with bullet points), Required, Preferred, Work Requirement, Compensation And Benefits, Equal Opportunity, Accessibility (boilerplate). We need to include only sections with real specific content. So we can have:
- About Lucid
- Responsibilities (maybe from The Role description)
- Qualifications (Required)
- Preferred Qualifications (Preferred)
- Benefits (Compensation And Benefits)
- Work Location/Schedule? Not given schedule; only location Bay Area, CA, Full-Time. Could include Schedule? Not explicit. Could include "Work Requirement" as location/collaboration. Might treat as "Work Location" but not in list. Probably we can omit Schedule if not specified. Pay: they have base salary range TBD, which is placeholder; we should not include Pay section because it's not specific (TBD). Benefits: they describe benefits package, so include Benefits.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent.
Let's extract content.
About Lucid: two paragraphs similar. Combine: "At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing™” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience. We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production happening in-house across our global offices and manufacturing facilities. Our teams come from industries around the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence. By refusing to settle, you can help redefine what’s possible and shape the future of mobility." Also second paragraph similar: "At Lucid, we are creating an electric future without compromise. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. We build world-class vehicles by pushing performance, efficiency, and design beyond industry limits, setting new standards with vehicles like Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity. The people here, engineers, designers, operators, and builders, came from across industries and around the world because they wanted to work on a harder problem. They care deeply about mastering their craft and delivering work they’re proud of. We trust you to take ownership, push beyond what is expected, and help write the playbook for what comes next. By refusing to settle, you help shape the future of electric mobility and prove what’s possible when craft and ambition refuse to compromise each other."
We can combine but avoid duplication. Might just keep first paragraph plus second distinct sentences. We'll combine into a cohesive paragraph.
The Role: description of responsibilities. We'll put under
Responsibilities
with - items.
Extract responsibilities bullet points:
- Serve as the primary Software Quality interface between Lucid and Nuro engineering organizations.
- Establish and maintain close working relationships with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams to support day-to-day collaboration and rapid issue resolution.
- Participate in Nexus technical reviews, software evaluations, issue triage meetings, release readiness reviews, launch activities, and customer-facing discussions.
- Investigate Nexus software issues raised by Nuro through collection and analysis of logs, telemetry, diagnostics, DTCs, PCAPs, CAN data, cloud telemetry, and vehicle signal information.
- Coordinate with Lucid Digital Engineering teams to drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, software quality improvements, and issue resolution.
- Facilitate timely capture and delivery of technical evidence required to support software investigations and customer communications.
- Support validation activities to verify issue resolution effectiveness and customer-requested functionality.
- Track customer-requested features, software requirements, issue reports, delivery commitments, and quality risks throughout the Nexus lifecycle.
- Provide regular updates to Nuro regarding software issue status, bug-fix progress, feature implementation status, software readiness, and release plans.
- Ensure alignment between Nuro expectations, Lucid commitments, and software delivery milestones.
- Improve customer confidence through proactive communication, transparency, and effective issue management.
- Support Nexus software quality activities throughout the complete lifecycle, including pre-SOP development, launch readiness, SOP production support, OTA deployments, fleet operations, and post-SOP field issue management.
- Monitor Nexus software quality trends and recurring issues and drive escalations where required.
- Support software release readiness, production support, OTA deployment quality, and post-launch quality activities.
- Partner with Software Development, Validation, Diagnostics, Cloud, Automation, Product Quality, Program Management, Manufacturing, and Service Engineering teams to proactively identify and reduce software quality risks.
- Coordinate software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations.
- Drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations without direct reporting authority.
- Translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities.
- Provide software quality status, technical risk assessments, investigation findings, and readiness updates to Lucid and Nuro leadership teams.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve software quality, customer satisfaction, delivery execution, and overall Nexus program success.
- Improve visibility into Nexus software quality risks, customer concerns, software readiness, customer-requested features, corrective actions, and delivery commitments.
That's many; we can keep as list.
What You’ll Own: seems like subheadings under responsibilities but could be separate section "What You’ll Own". Might combine with responsibilities. But we can keep as separate section "What You’ll Own" with bullet points.
Extract bullet points under What You’ll Own:
- Nexus Software Quality Interface
- Serve as the dedicated Software Quality representative for the Nexus program based in the Bay Area, California.
- Act as the primary Software Quality interface between Nuro and Lucid engineering organizations.
- Establish and maintain close working relationships with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams to support day-to-day collaboration and rapid issue resolution.
- Participate in Nexus technical reviews, software evaluations, issue triage meetings, release readiness reviews, launch activities, and customer-facing discussions.
- Software Issue Investigation & Technical Evidence
- Investigate Nexus software issues raised by Nuro through collection and analysis of logs, telemetry, diagnostics, DTCs, PCAPs, CAN data, cloud telemetry, and vehicle signal information.
- Coordinate with Lucid Digital Engineering teams to drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, software quality improvements, and issue resolution.
- Facilitate timely capture and delivery of technical evidence required to support software investigations and customer communications.
- Support validation activities to verify issue resolution effectiveness and customer-requested functionality.
- Customer Commitments & Delivery Execution
- Track customer-requested features, software requirements, issue reports, delivery commitments, and quality risks throughout the Nexus lifecycle.
- Provide regular updates to Nuro regarding software issue status, bug-fix progress, feature implementation status, software readiness, and release plans.
- Ensure alignment between Nuro expectations, Lucid commitments, and software delivery milestones.
- Improve customer confidence through proactive communication, transparency, and effective issue management.
- Lifecycle Software Quality Support
- Support Nexus software quality activities throughout the complete lifecycle, including pre-SOP development, launch readiness, SOP production support, OTA deployments, fleet operations, and post-SOP field issue management.
- Monitor Nexus software quality trends and recurring issues and drive escalations where required.
- Support software release readiness, production support, OTA deployment quality, and post-launch quality activities.
- Cross-Functional Integration & Risk Management
- Partner with Software Development, Validation, Diagnostics, Cloud, Automation, Product Quality, Program Management, Manufacturing, and Service Engineering teams to proactively identify and reduce software quality risks.
- Coordinate software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations.
- Drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations without direct reporting authority.
- Translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities.
- Leadership Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Provide software quality status, technical risk assessments, investigation findings, and readiness updates to Lucid and Nuro leadership teams.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve software quality, customer satisfaction, delivery execution, and overall Nexus program success.
- Improve visibility into Nexus software quality risks, customer concerns, software readiness, customer-requested features, corrective actions, and delivery commitments.
We could keep this as responsibilities; but it's okay.
Required: list of requirements.
Extract:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in automotive software quality, software validation, diagnostics, system integration, software engineering, technical program management, or related technical disciplines.
- 5+ years of experience supporting customer-facing programs, strategic partnerships, supplier integrations, or cross-company engineering initiatives.
- Experience supporting software quality activities throughout the product lifecycle, including development, launch, production support, and field operations.
- Strong understanding of automotive software development, validation methodologies, release management, defect management, and software quality processes.
- Experience investigating software issues using logs, diagnostics, DTCs, CAN data, PCAPs, cloud telemetry, vehicle signals, and other technical evidence sources.
- Strong root-cause analysis and technical troubleshooting skills.
- Experience coordinating software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations.
- Experience working directly with strategic customers, external partners, suppliers, or cross-company engineering teams.
- Strong ability to influence engineering execution and drive accountability across organizations without direct reporting authority.
- Demonstrated ability to manage customer-facing technical discussions and translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities.
- Strong understanding of software release readiness, OTA deployments, production support, and post-launch quality activities.
- Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, dashboards, issue tracking systems, and software quality metrics.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the essential duties of the position, including understanding work instructions, safety procedures, and job-related communications.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of experience in automotive software quality, software validation, system integration, technical program management, or customer-facing engineering roles.
- Experience working in automotive, autonomous driving, connected vehicle, embedded software, or other complex product development environments.
- Experience supporting strategic customer programs, autonomous vehicle programs, software-defined vehicles, or connected vehicle platforms.
- Experience supporting software quality activities from pre-SOP development through launch, production, fleet operations, and post-SOP field support.
- Knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262), Cybersecurity, Homologation, diagnostics, and automotive regulatory requirements.
- Experience presenting software quality status, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership and external customer stakeholders.
- Experience serving as a technical liaison, integration engineer, resident engineer, customer quality engineer, or strategic customer support lead.
Work Requirement:
- This role is based in the Bay Area, California and requires regular in-person collaboration with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams.
- Frequent engagement with Lucid Software Development, Validation,
Responsibilities
with- items. Extract responsibilities bullet points: - Serve as the primary Software Quality interface between Lucid and Nuro engineering organizations. - Establish and maintain close working relationships with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams to support day-to-day collaboration and rapid issue resolution. - Participate in Nexus technical reviews, software evaluations, issue triage meetings, release readiness reviews, launch activities, and customer-facing discussions. - Investigate Nexus software issues raised by Nuro through collection and analysis of logs, telemetry, diagnostics, DTCs, PCAPs, CAN data, cloud telemetry, and vehicle signal information. - Coordinate with Lucid Digital Engineering teams to drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, software quality improvements, and issue resolution. - Facilitate timely capture and delivery of technical evidence required to support software investigations and customer communications. - Support validation activities to verify issue resolution effectiveness and customer-requested functionality. - Track customer-requested features, software requirements, issue reports, delivery commitments, and quality risks throughout the Nexus lifecycle. - Provide regular updates to Nuro regarding software issue status, bug-fix progress, feature implementation status, software readiness, and release plans. - Ensure alignment between Nuro expectations, Lucid commitments, and software delivery milestones. - Improve customer confidence through proactive communication, transparency, and effective issue management. - Support Nexus software quality activities throughout the complete lifecycle, including pre-SOP development, launch readiness, SOP production support, OTA deployments, fleet operations, and post-SOP field issue management. - Monitor Nexus software quality trends and recurring issues and drive escalations where required. - Support software release readiness, production support, OTA deployment quality, and post-launch quality activities. - Partner with Software Development, Validation, Diagnostics, Cloud, Automation, Product Quality, Program Management, Manufacturing, and Service Engineering teams to proactively identify and reduce software quality risks. - Coordinate software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations. - Drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations without direct reporting authority. - Translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities. - Provide software quality status, technical risk assessments, investigation findings, and readiness updates to Lucid and Nuro leadership teams. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve software quality, customer satisfaction, delivery execution, and overall Nexus program success. - Improve visibility into Nexus software quality risks, customer concerns, software readiness, customer-requested features, corrective actions, and delivery commitments. That's many; we can keep as list. What You’ll Own: seems like subheadings under responsibilities but could be separate section "What You’ll Own". Might combine with responsibilities. But we can keep as separate section "What You’ll Own" with bullet points. Extract bullet points under What You’ll Own: - Nexus Software Quality Interface - Serve as the dedicated Software Quality representative for the Nexus program based in the Bay Area, California. - Act as the primary Software Quality interface between Nuro and Lucid engineering organizations. - Establish and maintain close working relationships with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams to support day-to-day collaboration and rapid issue resolution. - Participate in Nexus technical reviews, software evaluations, issue triage meetings, release readiness reviews, launch activities, and customer-facing discussions. - Software Issue Investigation & Technical Evidence - Investigate Nexus software issues raised by Nuro through collection and analysis of logs, telemetry, diagnostics, DTCs, PCAPs, CAN data, cloud telemetry, and vehicle signal information. - Coordinate with Lucid Digital Engineering teams to drive root-cause analysis, corrective actions, software quality improvements, and issue resolution. - Facilitate timely capture and delivery of technical evidence required to support software investigations and customer communications. - Support validation activities to verify issue resolution effectiveness and customer-requested functionality. - Customer Commitments & Delivery Execution - Track customer-requested features, software requirements, issue reports, delivery commitments, and quality risks throughout the Nexus lifecycle. - Provide regular updates to Nuro regarding software issue status, bug-fix progress, feature implementation status, software readiness, and release plans. - Ensure alignment between Nuro expectations, Lucid commitments, and software delivery milestones. - Improve customer confidence through proactive communication, transparency, and effective issue management. - Lifecycle Software Quality Support - Support Nexus software quality activities throughout the complete lifecycle, including pre-SOP development, launch readiness, SOP production support, OTA deployments, fleet operations, and post-SOP field issue management. - Monitor Nexus software quality trends and recurring issues and drive escalations where required. - Support software release readiness, production support, OTA deployment quality, and post-launch quality activities. - Cross-Functional Integration & Risk Management - Partner with Software Development, Validation, Diagnostics, Cloud, Automation, Product Quality, Program Management, Manufacturing, and Service Engineering teams to proactively identify and reduce software quality risks. - Coordinate software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations. - Drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations without direct reporting authority. - Translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities. - Leadership Reporting & Continuous Improvement - Provide software quality status, technical risk assessments, investigation findings, and readiness updates to Lucid and Nuro leadership teams. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives that improve software quality, customer satisfaction, delivery execution, and overall Nexus program success. - Improve visibility into Nexus software quality risks, customer concerns, software readiness, customer-requested features, corrective actions, and delivery commitments. We could keep this as responsibilities; but it's okay. Required: list of requirements. Extract: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field. - 8+ years of experience in automotive software quality, software validation, diagnostics, system integration, software engineering, technical program management, or related technical disciplines. - 5+ years of experience supporting customer-facing programs, strategic partnerships, supplier integrations, or cross-company engineering initiatives. - Experience supporting software quality activities throughout the product lifecycle, including development, launch, production support, and field operations. - Strong understanding of automotive software development, validation methodologies, release management, defect management, and software quality processes. - Experience investigating software issues using logs, diagnostics, DTCs, CAN data, PCAPs, cloud telemetry, vehicle signals, and other technical evidence sources. - Strong root-cause analysis and technical troubleshooting skills. - Experience coordinating software issue investigations and corrective actions across multiple engineering organizations. - Experience working directly with strategic customers, external partners, suppliers, or cross-company engineering teams. - Strong ability to influence engineering execution and drive accountability across organizations without direct reporting authority. - Demonstrated ability to manage customer-facing technical discussions and translate customer concerns into actionable engineering priorities. - Strong understanding of software release readiness, OTA deployments, production support, and post-launch quality activities. - Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, dashboards, issue tracking systems, and software quality metrics. - Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills. - Ability to drive alignment, accountability, and execution across large cross-functional organizations. - Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the essential duties of the position, including understanding work instructions, safety procedures, and job-related communications. Preferred: - Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field. - 10+ years of experience in automotive software quality, software validation, system integration, technical program management, or customer-facing engineering roles. - Experience working in automotive, autonomous driving, connected vehicle, embedded software, or other complex product development environments. - Experience supporting strategic customer programs, autonomous vehicle programs, software-defined vehicles, or connected vehicle platforms. - Experience supporting software quality activities from pre-SOP development through launch, production, fleet operations, and post-SOP field support. - Knowledge of Functional Safety (ISO 26262), Cybersecurity, Homologation, diagnostics, and automotive regulatory requirements. - Experience presenting software quality status, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership and external customer stakeholders. - Experience serving as a technical liaison, integration engineer, resident engineer, customer quality engineer, or strategic customer support lead. Work Requirement: - This role is based in the Bay Area, California and requires regular in-person collaboration with Nuro engineering, validation, operations, and program teams. - Frequent engagement with Lucid Software Development, Validation,