ABOUT SLATE
At Slate, we’re building safe, reliable vehicles that people can afford, personalize and love—and doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate, because people should have control over how their trucks look, feel, and represent them.
| WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Slate is looking for a hands-on Plant Vehicle Engineer, General Assembly to support launch readiness, production quality, and continuous improvement in General Assembly, with a primary focus on the base truck.
This role supports plant execution of General Assembly content across structure, restraints, interior, exterior, and closure components, helping ensure the vehicle can be built repeatedly to product intent in a manufacturing plant environment.
This role serves as the engineering link between the manufacturing plant, Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Suppliers, Production, Safety, End of Line, Vehicle Integration, Service, and other cross-functional teams. The position focuses less on new component design and more on protecting product intent in General Assembly, resolving production and integration issues, and improving build quality in production.
This role does not own production release of General Assembly content. It is responsible for identifying build and integration issues, supporting root cause analysis, protecting safety-critical and quality requirements, and driving plant-side issue resolution in partnership with Design & Release Engineering and the broader manufacturing organization.
| WHAT YOU GET TO DO
General Assembly Support
Support the launch and ongoing production in a General Assembly environment.
Serve as the Plant Vehicle Engineering point of contact for General Assembly production and vehicle integration issues across structure, restraints, interior, exterior, and closure components.
Help ensure General Assembly processes maintain product design intent, safety requirements, quality standards, craftsmanship expectations, and configuration requirements.
Support plant readiness for General Assembly content, station execution, build sequence, repair methods, inspection standards, and launch issue closure.
Production Issue Resolution
Investigate, diagnose, and resolve production issues related to installation, fit/function, craftsmanship, sealing, water leaks, wind noise, squeaks/rattles, trim fit, closure and body interfaces, seating and restraints, fasteners, and component interfaces.
Lead or support root cause analysis, containment, corrective action development, breakpoint coordination, and validation of permanent fixes.
Analyze production data, audit findings, repair trends, teardown feedback, supplier concerns, and plant feedback to identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
Launch, Change & Cross-Functional Support
Partner with Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, Suppliers, Safety, End of Line, Vehicle Integration, and Service teams to resolve plant and vehicle-level concerns.
Support engineering change implementation, prototype/pilot builds, breakpoint coordination, plant readiness, issue tracking, containment, readiness reporting, and lessons learned.
Participate in Design for Manufacturing and Assembly reviews, PFMEA input, control plan reviews, station readiness reviews, and related product/process improvement activities.
Documentation & Process Improvement
Review and support production documentation, including work instructions, inspection standards, quality alerts, repair procedures, and related process documentation.
Support issue tracking, change management, quality systems, deviation/waiver processes, containment documentation, and production breakpoint control.
Drive continuous improvement actions that reduce defects, improve first-time quality, minimize rework, and strengthen production robustness in General Assembly.
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