ML Engineer

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.

Position Overview

Slate Automotive is building an AI-native vehicle platform from the ground up. This role is for an engineer ready to work on real AI/ML problems in production: GenAI features, data pipelines, and AI applied to manufacturing and supply chain operations.

We are open to candidates early in their careers if they have the right foundation. A PhD in a relevant field is a strong signal; engineers without one should bring equivalent depth through demonstrated project work, research, or professional experience. What matters is that you can build things, learn fast, and are genuinely interested in applying AI to physical and operational systems.

The role reports to the Distinguished Engineer of Generative AI.

What You Will Do

Build and ship AI/ML features. Work across the model lifecycle: data preparation, training or fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring. Own features end-to-end and iterate based on real production feedback.

Contribute to GenAI systems. Build RAG pipelines, work with LLM APIs and open-source models, design prompts for reliability, and contribute to agentic workflows. You will work…