Recar
Supplier Quality Engineer, Safety & Restraints
Troy, Michigan
Sponsorship not specified$85k-$128kDetected 30 days ago
GD&TSystems EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- 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.
- The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in the equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.
- The start-up spirit of ingenuity and resourcefulness move our business forward.
Responsibilities
- The Supplier Quality Engineer, Safety & Restraints will own supplier quality activities for Slate's passive safety commodity portfolio - including airbags, steering wheels, and seat belts.
Requirements
- Engineering Degree or equiv. or previous working level experience
- Excellent communication and supplier relationship skills, with the ability to hold safety-critical suppliers to the highest standards while maintaining productive, collaborative partnerships.
- Direct experience with passive safety components including airbag modules (driver, passenger, side curtain), steering wheel assemblies, and seat belt / pretensioner systems.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, and functional specifications for safety-critical assemblies
- experience reviewing DFMEA/PFMEA documentation for restraint system components.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment while maintaining the discipline and thoroughness required for safety-critical supplier quality management.
- Strong ability to identify process and product non-conformances in safety-critical manufacturing environments and drive structured corrective action to verified, sustainable closure.
- Familiarity with functional safety standards (ISO 26262) and regulatory requirements (FMVSS) as they relate to supplier design and manufacturing obligations for restraint systems.
- Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
- High level of integrity and accountability
- understands the human consequence of quality failures in safety-critical systems and holds suppliers and themselves to the highest standard of rigor.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of Supplier Quality experience
- prior experience with safety-critical or restraint system commodities (airbags, seat belts, steering wheels, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
Compensation
- The compensation for this position is the range Slate reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge
- Base Pay Range (Annual)
- $85,430.91 - $128,146.37 USD Annual
- Additional Compensation and Benefits: Slate offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k.
- The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in the equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.
Benefits
- Slate offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k.
Company info
- SLATE is looking for an energetic, organized, experienced Supplier Quality Engineer, Safety & Restraints to join our growing team. The Supplier Quality Engineer, Safety & Restraints will own supplier quality activities for Slate's passive safety commodity portfolio - including airbags, steering wheels, and seat belts. Given the safety-critical nature of these components, this role demands a disciplined approach to APQP, PPAP, and ongoing production quality, with a deep understanding of the regulatory, functional, and traceability requirements that govern restraint system suppliers.
- In this position, the candidate will be responsible for managing the full APQP and PPAP process for airbag modules, steering wheel assemblies, and seat belt systems - ensuring that safety-critical suppliers meet Slate's quality requirements and all applicable regulatory and functional safety standards. Day-to-day responsibilities include reviewing and approving PPAP submissions, conducting supplier process audits (VDA 6.3 or equivalent), issuing and driving closure on SCARs, monitoring supplier quality performance metrics, and supporting containment and corrective action for any field or production quality escapes. The SQE will coordinate closely with Slate's Vehicle Safety and Systems Engineering teams to ensure supplier output aligns with design intent and homologation requirements, maintain component traceability records in support of any potential recall or field action scenarios, support GP-12 and incoming inspection activities at launch, and build strong, accountable supplier relationships across Tier 1 and Tier 2 restraint system partners.
- SLATE is looking for an energetic, organized, experienced Supplier Quality Engineer, Safety & Restraints to join our growing team.
- Given the safety-critical nature of these components, this role demands a disciplined approach to APQP, PPAP, and ongoing production quality, with a deep understanding of the regulatory, functional, and traceability requirements that govern restraint system suppliers.
- 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.
- Delight Customers
- At Slate, we're fueled by grit, determination, and attention to detail.
Equal opportunity
- Slate is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Slate is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures.
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