Plant Vehicle Engineering Intern, Electrical Systems & Harness Support

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 a hands-on Plant Vehicle Engineering Intern, Electrical Systems & Harness Support to support production ramp readiness, production quality, and issue resolution for low-voltage electrical systems, harness routing, connectors, software-enabled vehicle systems, diagnostics, and End-of-Line concerns at the Warsaw Assembly Plant.

This internship is intended for a student interested in automotive electrical systems, vehicle diagnostics, software integration, wiring harnesses, manufacturing ramp, and plant-based engineering.

The intern will support the Plant Vehicle Engineering team by helping identify build issues, collect data, document concerns, assist with triage, and improve first-time quality.

This role does not own design release or final engineering decisions.

It supports Plant Vehicle Engineering, Design & Release Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, End of Line, Suppliers, Service, and Vehicle Integration by helping protect product intent in the plant and strengthening the feedback loop between Engineering and Manufacturing.

Support plant-floor issue triage for low-voltage electrical systems, harness routing, connector seating, terminal condition, grounds, power distribution, and module communication concerns.

Assist with inspection of harness routing, clipping, bend radius, strain relief, chafing, connector engagement, and installation quality.

Help document electrical and harness issues with photos, connector IDs, circuit information, DTCs, test results, and repair validation notes.

Support basic checks related to power, ground, continuity, voltage drop, connector engagement, and harness routing under the guidance of PVE engineers and technicians.

Assist with identifying whether concerns appear related to wiring, connector engagement, harness routing, power/ground, module communication, software/configuration, or build process.

Assist with vehicle diagnostics, DTC collection, End-of-Line issue documentation, software/configuration checks, and issue tracking.

Support engineers during module flashing, software version verification, configuration-readiness checks, and diagnostic follow-up where appropriate.

Help analyze trends from End-of-Line results, repair records, build observations, and plant feedback.

Support containment and issue closure by helping document affected build ranges, repeatability, diagnostic results, physical inspection findings, and validation status.

Support SOP, and production ramp activities.

Assist Plant Vehicle Engineering during build events, plant trials, validation builds, ramp readiness reviews, and production issue reviews.

Help maintain issue trackers, break point records, containment documentation, lessons learned, and follow-up action lists.

Participate in plant-floor reviews with PVE, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Production, End of Line, Suppliers, and Design Engineering.

Support continuous improvement activities that reduce defects, improve issue documentation, and strengthen production readiness.

Improve documentation quality for electrical, software, diagnostic, and harness-related concerns.

Support faster issue triage by helping collect accurate data, photos, DTCs, build information, and physical inspection…