Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Engineering Systems (Air, Gravity, Future Development)

The Vehicle Engineering (VE) Programs team is looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager. As a Staff Technical Program Manager for the Vehicle Engineering team, you will be dedicated to a single vehicle program like Air, Gravity, or future vehicle programs. You will be responsible for managing program-level timelines and risk dashboards for Vehicle programs. You will also be responsible for technical program managing cross-functional programs that cross different Vehicle Engineering commodities for that vehicle program.

Responsibilities

• Provide general program related support to Vehicle Engineering Programs Director to ensure clear communication of timeline milestones and support with escalation / resolution of program decisions needed

• Create and maintain detailed Gantt charts for all of Vehicle Engineering pulling together the different Simultaneous Engineering Team (SET) schedules

• Identify critical paths, resource constraints, dependencies, and roadblocks for the VE organization

• Understand deadlines and deliverables for the vehicle program each TPM supports and communicate these deadlines clearly to SET and Module leads.

• Interface with Lucid internal cross-functional departments to keep verification and validation program on time for vehicle build phases and start of vehicle production

• Track and report program-level metrics and dashboards for Vehicle Engineering

• Utilize Jira to communicate and monitor Vehicle Engineering dashboards including program-level risk tracking

• Utilize various communication pages and documentation to publish critical information

• Author cross-module vehicle program deliverables that require data from multiple modules

• Provide regular progress updates to VE management, vehicle program management, chief engineering, and the executive staff

• Support cost breakdown dashboard tracking for their vehicle programs VE BOM

• Organize, where needed, technical guidance to solve cross-functional issues that touch multiple Modules

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional work experience in a STEM related field

• 2+ years working in technical program management

• Experience managing cross-functional teams

• Experience managing aggressive program timelines and deadlines

• Experience in technical / engineering program management in STEM fields such as automotive or consumer electronics

• Experience working with electromechanical assemblies

• Experience with Atlassian Jira, and Confluence

• Experience creating and using GANTT charts

Advantageous

• Basic usage of CAD for creating sections, presentations; CATIA preferred

• 5+ years of work experience in automotive hardware

• Systems Engineering experience with requirements, test and validation. Act as an advocate for Systems Engineering within the Team

• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced startup environment with frequent prioritization adjustments

• Experience leading design release and change requests

• Experience with headcount planning, resourcing, and prioritization

• Experience with concept to launch, vehicle development and product launch or consumer product launch

• Knowledge in cross function development of electronics components

• A positive attitude with a drive to learn and contribute meaningfully

• Exceptional communication in written and verbal English

• Exceptional organizational skills and interpersonal skills

• Ability to develop strategic planning related to program timing, cost and technical requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or STEM

• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred

• Master's degree preferred