Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

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 Quality Assurance Engineer (Senior) to help bring code to life.

• Be responsible for manual and automated testing of features across various platforms, including web and mobile.
• Develop, improve, and employ testing strategies and techniques.
• Utilize black box, gray box, and white box testing techniques.
• Test code and systems using manual and automated tools.
• Write automated tests and user-level test automation tools.
• Create, maintain, and leverage AI-assisted tooling to complement existing QAE skillsets.
• Collaborate with Software Development Engineers to understand product features and technical implementations.
• Work with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models.
• Develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments.
• Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution.
• Create and maintain regression tests.
• Drive the software development process towards quality-centric methodologies.

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineering.
• 5+ years of professional experience in delivering test frameworks, test tools, and leading QA projects and initiatives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of QA methodology and tools.
• Experience in manual and automated testing.
• Experience in scripting or coding.
• Experience with at least one automated test framework like Playwright/Cypress/Test Cafe (web) and/or Selenium/Appium/WebdriverIO (mobile).
• Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality.
• Proven understanding of software internals and an ability to debug problems using log files.
• Experience using AI tools to help complete tasks.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.

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; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; work location; and other relevant business and organizational factors. $ - $ USD Annual

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• vacation
• 401k
• equity program
• discretionary annual incentive program

• Safety First
• Delight Customers
• One Team
• Relentless Improvement
• Fast, Frugal, and Scrappy
• Respectful Collaboration
• Positive Legacy

Slate is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinity Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. Slate is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at slate-o.

At Slate, we’ve got one job: building a vehicle you’ll fall in love with, right here in the USA. We believe that car buyers—not car companies—should call the shots. We like looking at a road, not a screen. We don’t like paying for stuff we don’t need. We like picking out the stuff we do need. We think dings are badges, not blemishes.

But we know not everyone likes what we like. So, we built you a Slate: you make it yours.