Technical Fellow, Automotive Control Systems Architect

Overview

Technical Fellow, Automotive Control Systems Architect Newark, CA

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility. Lucid Motors seeks a highly skilled and visionary Control Systems Architect to join our Architecture team, driving the design and implementation of advanced control architectures for next-generation automotive systems. Reporting directly to the Head of Architecture, you will lead the definition of scalable, modular, and safety-compliant control strategies across key vehicle domains, including powertrain, chassis, thermal systems, and energy management, in close collaboration with ADAS teams.

This role combines strategic system architecture leadership with hands-on technical execution, ensuring that our control systems deliver optimal performance, uncompromising reliability, and full compliance with industry safety and regulatory standards. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how our vehicles think, respond, and performtoday and for the future.

Join us and help define the architectural foundations of future automotive platforms that will set new industry standards. Youll collaborate at the cutting-edge with a world-class team operating at the intersection of software, hardware, and vehicle systems engineering, tackling some of the most exciting challenges in mobility. We offer a competitive compensation package, a flexible work environment, and strong opportunities for career growth, empowering you to thrive while shaping the future of transportation.

You

• Collaborate within the architecture team and broader cross-functional teams across the E / E stack to define and evolve vehicle control system architecture aligned with product roadmaps and platform strategies.
• Lead system-level control architecture across multiple vehicle domains : powertrain, vehicle dynamics, thermal systems, energy management, and ADAS.
• Define control system interfaces, control loops, and functional partitioning across real-time embedded ECUs and distributed vehicle networks (e.g., CAN, LIN, Ethernet).
• Guide the selection and use of real-time embedded platforms. Lead architecture and design of centralized ECU systems responsible for interfacing with critical peripherals such as braking and steering systems.
• Design and optimize power management and power state strategies for different battery technologies, including low-voltage lead-acid and Li-ion chemistries for 12V and 48V systems.
• Incorporate ECU hardware and software design considerations to support these varying power states efficiently and reliably.
• Drive model-based development using MATLAB / Simulink / Stateflow, including support for automatic code generation and integration processes.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) and support the development of safety architectures, hazard analyses, and safety cases in collaboration with Functional Safety teams.
• Support system-level integration and in-vehicle validation in collaboration with testing and calibration teams.
• Participate in producing architectural specifications, initiate architectural reviews, and contribute to interface definitions, overall documentation, and system traceability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software, hardware, systems, quality, safety, and cybersecurity teams to ensure cohesive and compliant system delivery.

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Educational Requirements

Educational requirements are not specified in this description.

Salary Range

The compensation range for this position is location-specific and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position, taking into account factors such as knowledge, skillset, experience, education, certifications, and other relevant business factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits

Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucids equity program and / or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules. Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on individual and company performance.

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