Technical Illustrator

About Lucid

At Lucid we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucids proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture our award-winning vehicles bring our Compromise Nothing approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability design and engineering ambition and Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments combining exceptional range performance design and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration with design engineering and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices the world united by a shared commitment to refusing to settle youcanhelpredefinewhatspossible andshape the future of mobility.

Lucid Motors is currently seeking a Technical Illustrator. In this role youll support documentation and training efforts help our users and customers take the right action. Candidates will be expected to show their previous technical illustration work demonstrate a process/project mindset an ability to learn quickly and a conceptual understanding of documentation as code. This role is on-site full time at Headquarters in Fremont CA.

Responsibilities

• Gather illustration requirements from the technical publications team product managers and subject matter experts (such as engineers quality assurance software developers) across many departments.
• Extract information from engineering documentation and tools (such as schematics system specifications Confluence and Figma)
• Ensure technical accuracy of content using a validation/QA process (that may differ from project to project) peer review content etc.
• Plan track and report on work using collaboration tools such as JIRA Confluence Smartsheet.
• Document workflows and processes using Lucidchart PowerPoint etc.
• Coordinate with marketing and brand departments to align illustrations with brand guidelines

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in technical illustration with knowledge of relevant illustration tools
• Bachelors degree or certificate in Design Visual Arts or equivalent professional experience.
• A portfolio of completed illustrations which should include:
• Process illustrations
• Use of labels and/or callouts
• Evidence of simplifying and/or replacing many written items with a single image
• Ability to adopt the mindset of the consumer and create illustrations best suited to the task at hand including a sense of when an illustration is not necessary.
• An understanding of Agile values and a willingness to engage end users for feedback early in the publication process.
• Ability to work under constraints of both tight and frequently shifting deadlines
• Must have a problem-solving mindset the ability to work independently interact with internal teams as well as customers to identify pain points then propose and iterate on solutions
• Demonstrated ability to manage an asset library for easy location and reuse across business departments
• Markup language experience (such as HTML XML DITA XML XLS or SGML).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Expertise with Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud tools like Illustrator
• Previous experience with a 3D rendering tool such as Keyshot and Blender or Maya

Helpful Qualifications

• Structured authoring tool experience such as oXygen XMetaL structured FrameMaker.
• Content Management System (CMS) experience (such as SDL LiveContent Architect).
• Style guideline experience (Simplified Technical English S1000D MIL-STD MMSTP or custom style guide creation or contributions).
• Previous experience with how-to product documentation
• Experience with CAD-based 3D modeling tools such as 3DS Enovia (Composer Work Instructions)
• Strong working knowledge of Atlassian Confluence and JIRA
• Previous experience illustrating for an automotive or manufacturing company