Lucid Motors Software Engineer interview on motion planning and controls

Lucid Motors·Software Engineer·Reported Apr 2026
OtherMedium

The interviews focused heavily on motion planning and controls from the beginning. The hiring process felt organized, and the technical questions were reasonable, but I was expected to think as if I were actually designing the systems.

I had to cover system design along with coding related to motion planning and control. I wasn’t only asked to name components. I had to explain how I would structure the design process, discuss tradeoffs, and then implement the solution in the programming language I was comfortable with. By the end, it felt like they were evaluating whether my reasoning and execution matched, rather than checking whether I could simply recite concepts.

Location: Newark, CA. Overall feedback: Positive. Offer status: No offer.

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Company
Lucid Motors
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Other
Difficulty
Medium
Date
Reported Apr 2026

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