Engineering Manager, Vehicle Integration

Slate Auto • Troy, MI

20d

About The Position

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. Slate is looking for an experienced and effective Engineering Manager, Vehicle Integration to develop and lead the attribute team that defines and validates vehicle-level performance for Body, Interior, Chassis, Electrical, Propulsion, and HMI. The Engineering Manager, Vehicle Integration will help to oversee many aspects of our product and report to the Head of Vehicle Integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field is required.
• 10+ years of experience within automotive vehicle development, integration, and validation, including target setting, feasibility, and validation at the vehicle level.
• Broad vehicle development process knowledge, including how to set technical targets, work with teams to determine feasibility (virtually and physically), and validate with statistical confidence.
• Functional experience with all NHTSA / FMVSS, CARB, EPA, FCC, or other regulatory requirements.
• Technical writing and documentation experience is required.
• Excellent team building and relationship building skills, including the ability to lead teams and meetings through technical tradeoffs and optimized solutions with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve common goals.
• Highly adaptable and proactive, excelling in fast-paced start-up and new model launch environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must have the ability to travel (up to 10%).
• Must have the ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
• Must have the ability to stand, walk, and perform repetitive tasks for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree is preferred.
• Design Release Engineering experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team that develops vehicle-level targets for all attributes, including Body, Interior, Chassis, Electrical, Propulsion, and HMI to ensure feasibility virtually and execute validation on vehicles.
• Responsible for the total vehicle integration of all the previously referenced attribute requirements, including feasibility and validation at the vehicle level.
• Lead the team to identify and resolve integration and design issues as the vehicle is developed.
• Lead team meetings, working with all product development teams including systems and components, packaging, manufacturing, and service to ensure the technical targets are set, solutions are optimized for all stages of the vehicle's life, and validation is executed.
• Capable of leading the teams in problem resolution and be able to present recommended solutions to the management team.
• Responsible for maintaining vehicle level scorecards with input from the team.
• Manage a budget to support virtual and physical validation and will be responsible for managing and working within the budget.
• Benchmarking, Vehicle Performance, Weight Management, Durability & Reliability, as how they interact and relate to the responsible attribute areas and complement all vehicle attributes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager