Peter Hicks
Senior Engineer, Interior Systems And Components at Lucid Motors
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Hicks is a mechanical engineer and senior interiors systems lead at Lucid Motors with 11 years of hands-on experience turning concept designs into production-ready automotive components. He progressed from intern to senior engineer on the Gravity Instrument Panel program, coordinating suppliers, applying DFM, and delivering launch-ready assemblies under tight schedules. Grounded in a practical maker mindset—from bicycle repair and CNC work to prototype 3D printing and CFD-driven trim ventilation—he blends materials, manufacturing and design creativity to solve complex fit, manufacturability and sustainability challenges. His MEng from the University of Edinburgh and thesis on natural fibre reinforced polymers reflect a sustained focus on lightweight, sustainable materials for automotive applications. Outside automotive projects he contributes front-end improvements to open-source data-ecosystem tooling, showing an appetite for UX-driven engineering refinement. Based in San Francisco, he pairs a competitive athlete’s discipline with cross-functional collaboration to bring innovative, producible products to market.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Mechanical Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Mechanical Engineering at The University of Edinburgh
German, French
Stackoverflow
135reputation
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
typescript10
redux10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
ui-design9
metadata7
data-lineage7
angular6
binding6
tabular6
angularjs6
css6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MarquezProject/marquez
May 2020 - Dec 2022
Collect, aggregate, and visualize a data ecosystem's metadata
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:277 reviews, 47 commits, 170 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Peter focused on implementing and improving the user interface, including a zoom feature and fixes related to the network graph, within this data ecosystem metadata project. Their contributions also involved removing legacy features like tags, demonstrating a focus on code cleanup and feature refinement. Furthermore, they refactored the front-end application to integrate redux decorating directly into the component files, and addressed styling updates to provide a consistent user experience. They demonstrate a solid understanding of front-end development, and integration with the existing system, as the majority of code changes are related to components and UX.
datavisualizedata-catalogdata-dictionarymetadata
phixMe/githubTest
Dec 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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