Manager, Technical Training

The Technical Training Program Manager is a key leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing training programs that ensure manufacturing personnel are fully equipped to meet regulatory, quality, and operational standards.

This role is ideal for a candidate with a strong background in regulated manufacturing environments and a solid foundation in Manufacturing equipment, technical and vocational training, instructional design, with adult learning. The successful candidate will be a strong people leader with experience setting goals, coaching employees, and fostering a safe learning environment. They will lead a team of Manufacturing Trainers and collaborate cross-functionally to foster a culture of continuous learning, compliance, and operational excellence. This role is critical in ensuring new employees can develop and deliver high quality injectables to our customers, so they can fulfill promises to patients with confidence.

The Technical Training Program manager own the enterprise technical training strategy that upskills production and support teams across Stamping, BIW, Paint, GA, PWT, Quality, Logistics, and Lean to accelerate ramp, stabilize quality, and improve productivity and safety in Lucid’s EV operations.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Training Management Operations

• Modularize, organize, disseminate and manage all Automotive technologies equipment, systems, training and assessment information.
• Ensure delivery and quality of instruction for Automotive Manufacturing and technology-related courses.
• Supervise and mentor Technical Training Specialists, trainers, and coordinators, and adjunct instructors in all matters related to Lucid Technical training curricula's and courses.
• Recruit, interview and train qualified Specialists and staff for Automotive and manufacturing related technology instructors,
• Evaluate performance in class, review student evaluations, and take appropriate action for improvement and ensure that training materials are prepared and available to and used by the Specialist instructors.
• Manage and, with the assistance of specialists, associates, and shop technicians, the construction, purchase and maintenance of all materials and lab equipment
• Upon approval, design and oversee the construction of lab apparatus and facility changes, maintain existing equipment and apparatus and transfer, set up and tear down equipment for offsite locations as needed.
• Assist the Sr. talent manager, talent heads, and other acquaintances to marketing the automotive programs: visit potential automotive customers to disseminate information about both technical and non-technical programs; continue dialog with Automotive manufacturers (both foreign and domestic), enabling Lucid to serve as a TRAINING CENTER for new model update training for Automotive manufacturing, aftersales, and service.
• Assist in developing content for marketing pieces such as flyers and web pages.
• Participate in promotional events such as trade shows, open houses, and career fairs.
• Assist in advising technical and non-technical learning programs: participate in the annual student orientations; advise potential students on career and programs; advise matriculating students in course selection.
• Maintain a liaison relationship with the appropriate program advisory committees.
• Provide leadership for strengthening relationships in automotive programs with other schools and colleges.
• Carry out other related duties as assigned

Manufacturing Specialty:

• Define the multi-year technical training capability roadmap linked to safety, quality, OEE, FPY, and ramp milestones; establish standards, playbooks, and instructor certification.
• Lead DACUM/SME workshops; map roles to competency frameworks; deploy ADDIE/SAM for modular curricula (operator → lead → specialist → supervisor).
• Act as a SME on skill matrix management to provide guidance, training, and insights to help other areas to identify, develop, and utilize skills matrix effectively.
• Utilize data and feedback to continuously improve learning initiatives and measure their impact on business performance.
• Implement TWI (JI/JM/JR), job aids, standard work instructions, and simulation/VR where applicable; enforce version control & obsolescence management.
• Use Kirkpatrick (L1–L4) and Phillips ROI to link learning to scrap, rework, throughput, and safety KPIs; publish monthly impact dashboards.
• Hire, coach, and performance-manage Technical Training Specialists and Coordinators; drive a culture of continuous improvement and learner obsession.
• Align with Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Engineering, and HR; manage external providers, budget, and contracts.
• Assure HV safety (L2/L3), environmental, and quality training compliance (e.g., IATF 16949/ISO 9001, ISO 14001/45001).
• Orchestrate training for new lines, model changes, equipment, or software (MES/LMS/WMS/CMMS).

 

Skills

• Learning strategy, ADDIE, DACUM, TWI, Kirkpatrick/ROI;
• data-driven analysis, insights, and decision-making.
• Stakeholder influence.
• Program/portfolio management.
• vendor and budget management.
• Manufacturing literacy across EV domains.
• Quality systems.
• EHS & HV safety.
• Lean/Six Sigma.
• Change management.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in industrial, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering; Master’s preferred.
• 8+ years in manufacturing L&D (incl. 3+ years people leadership).
• Certifications preferred: Lean/Six Sigma, TWI, PMP/Agile, occupational HV safety.
• Training curriculum development Experience
• Strong leadership, presentation and communications skills (written and verbal)
• Understanding of automotive Manufacturing processes
• Detail oriented with excellent project management and organizational skills
• Ability to demonstrate resourcefulness, forward thinking and time management
• Proven ability to manage challenges and provide and implement appropriate solutions
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, One Drive)

 

At Lucid, we don’t just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.