Software Engineer, QT/QML

Lucid is seeking a Software Engineer, QT/QML to design, implement, and deliver in-vehicle software, collaborating with UX and platform teams to ensure a highly responsive user experience. Responsibilities include defining user-facing features, optimizing system performance, and resolving issues through testing and validation. The role requires strong communication skills and a deep understanding of the software ecosystem to drive product quality and engineering efficiency.

Must Have

• Define, scope, and refine user-facing features with UX team
• Design, implement, and deliver in-vehicle software
• Optimize system for responsive user experience
• Diagnose, analyze, and resolve software issues
• Minimum 2 years of industry experience in front-end software development
• Expertise in C++ and/or other high-level object-oriented programming languages
• Experience developing user interfaces using QT/QML on embedded Linux systems or QNX
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and effectively
• BS minimum in Computer Science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, or other related fields

Good to Have

• Passion for user interactions and doing so with excellence
• Desire and willingness to constantly learn new knowledge and skills
• Experience with automotive infotainment systems
• Experience with DDS and CANBus communication protocols
• Experience with OpenGL graphics and video rendering, in particular, use of GPU acceleration
• Experience working in an Agile software development process
• Rapidly prototype UI solutions for internal demonstrations and technical evaluations

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Vacation
• 401k
• Eligibility for Lucid’s equity program
• Eligibility for discretionary annual incentive program

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.

Responsibilities

• Work in conjunction with the user experience design team to define, scope and refine the user-facing features and interactions.
• Design, implement and deliver the in-vehicle software utilizing the underlying platform, framework and SKDs.
• Work in conjunction with the platform software engineers to analyze and optimize the system to achieve a highly responsive user experience.
• Able to clearly explain technical problems at the appropriate level for the audience using strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates mastery of a specialty, understands tools and trends in the ecosystem and how to apply them to set the technical vision for the team.
• Identify and lead initiatives for product quality, engineering efficiency, and user impact.
• Diagnose, analyze, and resolve relevant issues based on testing and user validation.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years of industry experience in front-end software development.
• Expertise in C++ and/or other high-level object-oriented programming languages, with high proficiency to write clean and well-structured code.
• Experience developing user interfaces using QT/QML on embedded Linux systems or QNX for either consumer or automotive markets.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and effectively.

You Bring:

• Passion for user interactions and doing so with excellence.
• Desire and willingness to constantly learn new knowledge and skills.

Bonus Points

• Experience with automotive infotainment systems, but not required.
• Experience with DDS and CANBus communication protocols
• Experience with OpenGL graphics and video rendering, in particular, use of GPU acceleration.
• Experience working in an Agile software development process.
• Rapidly prototype UI solutions for internal demonstrations and technical evaluations

Education

BS minimum in the areas of Computer Science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, or other related fields

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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