Sr Robotics Engineer PWT

About Lucid Motors

Lucid Motors is dedicated to creating advanced mobility experiences through innovation, driving the world forward. The company's vehicles are built on proprietary technology and a software-defined architecture, reflecting a "Compromise Nothing™" approach to the global automotive market. This is achieved through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and production managed in-house across global offices and manufacturing facilities. Teams at Lucid Motors are united by a commitment to excellence.

The Role: Sr Robotics Engineer, PWT

The Sr Robotics Engineer, Powertrain will be responsible for robotics standards, offline programming, reliability, and safety validation for AMP-2 Powertrain, encompassing both Drive Unit and HV Battery robotic populations. This role is based in a greenfield facility and involves establishing FANUC, ABB, and KUKA standards from initial commissioning through volume ramp-up. The engineer will be accountable for robot uptime, cycle time, and safety compliance for the entire Powertrain robot fleet. The role operates through disciplined change control, objective launch evidence, cross-functional problem solving, and structured transfer of technical ownership to the Saudi workforce. This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and enforce robotics standards across FANUC, ABB, and KUKA populations, including naming, positional, program, and safety-configuration standards.
• Manage robot BOM standards, including controllers, teach pendants, safety modules, and EOAT interfaces.
• Oversee offline programming environments (*, FANUC RoboGuide, ABB RobotStudio) and perform reachability, collision, and cycle-time simulation for new cells and modifications.
• Support cell layout, safety zoning, and human–robot collaboration design.
• Own robot uptime KPIs across the Powertrain fleet and drive downtime reduction through structured analysis.
• Establish robot preventive maintenance strategies, including grease, encoder, battery, and cable-track maintenance.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for robot-related breakdowns and cell downtime.
• Optimize robot cycle time to support takt achievement through motion tuning, path smoothing, and program optimization.
• Manage robot safety validation, coordinating with EHS and Automation on safety-PLC integration, light curtains, and interlocks.
• Ensure safety validation records are maintained and audit-ready.
• Enforce HV LOTO, HVIL continuity, and mandatory HV PPE for all work on or near EV Powertrain equipment.
• Comply with SASO, Saudi MOL, IEC 60204, and functional safety standards (ISO 13849 / IEC 62061).
• Support HV emergency response, including thermal runaway isolation and battery-related incident procedures.
• Achieve and maintain HV safety competency appropriate to the scope of work.
• Support AMP-2 Safe Launch activities, run-at-rate events, and capacity verification within scope.
• Contribute to Launch Readiness Reviews, Layered Process Audits, and Process Confirmation routines.
• Participate in QRQC / RCCA escalations during launch and ramp-up phases.
• Define robot programming, naming, frame, payload, backup, mastering, spare, preventive-maintenance, and controlled-change standards.
• Establish fleet KPI, bad-actor analysis, obsolescence roadmap, recovery playbooks, and engineer/technician qualification standards.
• Support FAT/SAT, commissioning, equipment acceptance, Safe Launch, run-at-rate, and capacity verification with objective evidence and disciplined punch-list closure.
• Control production, process, software, and test changes through documented risk assessment, approvals, validation, revision history, and rollback or containment planning.
• Apply role-specific HV LOTO/HVIL, machine safety, stored-energy isolation, electrical safe-work, and PPE requirements; never bypass safety devices or product protections.
• Protect product genealogy, calibrated-tool status, test/measurement integrity, document control, and audit-ready objective evidence.
• Comply with applicable AMP-2, SASO, Saudi labor/EHS, IATF 16949, IEC 60204, and functional-safety requirements within assigned scope.
• Build Saudi national capability through structured OJT, ILU/skills matrices, practical assessment, certification, cross-training, and documented knowledge transfer.
• Create technical standards, troubleshooting guides, and training material.
• Collaborate across Production, Quality, Maintenance, Automation/Robotics, Manufacturing Engineering, EHS, IT/OT, MES, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, and suppliers.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

Lucid Motors is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. Lucid Motors is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For accommodation requests during the application process, please contact TA-Operations@>************* All applications must be submitted through the Lucid Motors Careers website.