Technical Specialist, Embedded Infotainment Platform (AI/ML)

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

Job Description

Lucid Motors is leading the charge in redefining luxury electric vehicles. We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Specialist, Platform Framework (AI/ML) to join our Infotainment Software team. In this role, you will lead the development of our next-generation AI/ML platform, with a strong focus on optimizing and porting machine learning workloads to Neural Processing Units (NPUs). This role requires deep technical expertise in AI/ML frameworks, embedded systems, and hardware acceleration, along with a passion for building scalable and efficient platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• In this role, you will be responsible for design, development, Integration, verification & maintenance of Platform Framework components with focus on AI/ML for our next generation "Digital Cockpit Platform".

• Design and develop core components of the AI/ML platform, enabling efficient deployment of models across heterogeneous compute environments.

• Lead the porting and optimization of AI/ML workloads to NPUs, ensuring high performance and low latency.

• Collaborate with hardware vendors to integrate NPU drivers, SDKs, and tool chains into the platform.

• Work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to support model training, quantization, and deployment pipelines.

• Drive performance benchmarking, profiling, and tuning AI workloads on embedded systems.

• Stay current with industry trends in AI accelerators, edge computing, and ML frameworks.

• Integrate, test, and validate software components to ensure the required high software quality level and conformity to industry standards.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams in realizing features

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on AI/ML platform development.

• Strong understanding of AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX) and model optimization techniques for edge deployment.

• Experience with performance profiling tools and techniques for AI workloads.

• Strong understanding of QNX, Android, or Linux OS, with proven experience.

• Experienced C/C++ developer with strong understanding of design and architecture patterns.

• Experience with Camera software stack, Camera based AI/ML application, Qualcomm platform and/or other infotainment platforms is a plus.

• Experience using Git, Jira and Jenkins.

• Self-motivated problem-solving leader with excellent communication skills and a proven ability to learn quickly and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational 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 Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

Base Pay Range (Annual)
$147,000—$215,600 USD

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 Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)

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