Lucid Motors · 1 week ago
Sr. Principal AI/ML Data Management & Governance Lead
Newark, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$211K/yr - $309K/yr
8+ years expLucid Motors is a company focused on luxury electric vehicles that enhance the human experience. They are seeking a Sr. Principal AI/ML Data Management & Governance Lead to strategize and maintain master data management and data readiness for AI operational solutions.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleTransportation
Responsibilities
Design Unified Governance Architecture across four critical domains: Core Data Integrity & Lineage: Create federated governance models enabling teams to own data products while adhering to global standards. Architect automated metadata harvesting systems for a central data catalog with rich context tagging. Implement sovereignty and traceability frameworks to meet strict location-based regulations and enable end-to-end data lineage
Semantic Governance & Ontologies: Define and enforce enterprise ontologies and semantic standards as the “source of truth” for AI systems. Establish governance models for seamless AI agent interoperability
AI Explainability & Forensic Safety: Build Explainable AI (XAI) frameworks linking decisions to training data versions and metadata. Design forensic guardrails to reconstruct decision states and prevent PII leakage or hallucinations
Agentic AI Controls: Architect identity frameworks for non-human agents with strict “least privilege” principles. Define sandboxing standards for agent interactions with external tools to prevent unintended state changes
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related STEM field
8+ years of experience with a completed Masters Degree
12+ years of experience with a completed Bachelors Degree
Strategic Leadership: Ability to define governance roadmaps with C-suite stakeholders and deliver foundational code
High-Stakes Experience: Proven track record in industries where data failure impacts safety or regulatory compliance (e.g., Pharma, Healthcare, Defense)
Technical Expertise: Knowledge graph architectures and semantic layers for AI data standardization
Technical Expertise: Policy engines (e.g., OPA) and 'Policy as Code' frameworks within IaC workflows
Technical Expertise: Enterprise-scale data catalogs and automated lineage systems (e.g., OpenLineage)
Technical Expertise: Familiarity with modern AI stacks: vector search, LLM orchestration, and RAG architectures
Technical Expertise: Multi-cloud security fluency with focus on data residency, encryption, and zero-trust architectures
Preferred
Masters Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related STEM field
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Vacation
401k
Equity program
Discretionary annual incentive program
Company
Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$14.23BKey Investors
UberAyar Third Investment CompanyThe Michigan Economic Development Corporation
2025-11-12Post Ipo Debt· $975M
2025-07-17Post Ipo Equity· $300M
2025-04-03Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Marc Winterhoff
Chief Executive Officer (interim)
Peter Rawlinson
CEO and CTO
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