Process Engineering Manager

About Lucid

Position Overview

Manufacturing Process Strategy and Industrialization

• Develop process strategies and manufacturing standards.
• Lead line balancing, process optimization, industrialization, and root cause analysis governance.

Process Engineering Support Leadership

• Direct process engineering technicians and engineering build support.
• Partner with Product Engineering and other functions on capability improvement, launch support, and new product introduction.
• Own PFMEA, Control Plans, process capability, validation, error proofing, and robust process controls.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Automation and Robotics, EHS, IT/OT, MES, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, and suppliers.

Launch and Operational Readiness

• Support FAT/SAT, commissioning, Safe Launch, volume ramp, readiness reviews, and operational escalations.
• Own Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification governance through SOP and volume ramp.
• Chair launch readiness reviews, layered process audits, process confirmation routines, and QRQC or War Room escalations.

Continuous Improvement and TPM

• Drive OEE improvement, cycle time reduction, waste elimination, structured problem solving, and cost improvement.
• Support TPM through Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, and Focused Improvement pillars.
• Own equipment standards and portions of OEE, MTBF, and MTTR performance.

Industry 4.0 and Safety

• Drive MES, IIoT, machine connectivity, historian analytics, and predictive maintenance deployment.
• Enforce HV LOTO, HVIL continuity, mandatory HV PPE, and high-voltage emergency response procedures.
• Comply with SASO, Saudi MOL, IEC 60204, ISO 13849, and IEC 62061 requirements.

Technical Function and Investment

• Design the integrated Maintenance, Reliability, Automation, Robotics, Spares, and Manufacturing Engineering operating model.
• Own technical Opex and Capex, lifecycle risk, obsolescence, service contracts, vendor performance, and make-or-buy decisions.
• Build leadership succession and a multi-year Saudi technical capability pipeline.

Change Control and Readiness

Requirements

• Ability to develop manufacturing process strategies and standards for powertrain operations.
• Experience leading process optimization, industrialization, and root cause analysis governance.
• Experience owning PFMEA, Control Plans, process capability, and process validation.
• Experience with launch readiness, commissioning, Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification.
• Knowledge of OEE, cycle time reduction, waste elimination, and structured problem solving.
• Experience with TPM, Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, and Focused Improvement.
• Experience deploying MES, IIoT, machine connectivity, historian analytics, and predictive maintenance.
• Knowledge of HV LOTO, HVIL continuity, mandatory HV PPE, and high-voltage emergency response.
• Knowledge of SASO, Saudi MOL, IEC 60204, ISO 13849, and IEC 62061 requirements.
• Ability to manage technical operating and capital expenditure, lifecycle risk, obsolescence, vendors, and make-or-buy decisions.
• Ability to build technical leadership succession and a Saudi technical capability pipeline.
• Ability to control production, process, software, and test changes through documented risk assessment and validation.