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Mechanical Engineer

Specter · San Francisco · On-site

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About Specter

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About the role

Responsibilities include electrical packaging of PCBAs including enclosures, sealing, connectors, wire harness, and thermal interfaces. Hands on prototype building to accelerate product development.

What they're looking for

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and being scrappy
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent
  • 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and fielding high volume products
  • Demonstrated experience designing tightly integrated products that live in harsh, outdoor environments (IP67, MILSTD810G/H or higher)
  • Experience in doing tolerance analysis for prototyping and mass production
  • Hands on experience with tests (shock, vibe, thermal, EMC )
More about this role

Company Background

Specter's mission is to help automate the physical world.

Today, we build video sensors with state-of-the-art AI agents that answer any question, anywhere in their environments. Our systems can automatically detect and reason about any physical activity captured on camera, from security incidents (e.g. perimeter intrusion, theft, LPR), to safety monitoring (e.g. PPE detection, injured people), to operational efficiency (e.g. material tracking, congestion monitoring). We offer both long range wireless (1km range) and wired sensor variants to suit any deployment.

Our co-founders Xerxes and Philip are passionate about empowering our partners in the fast approaching world of physical AI and robotics. We are a small, fast growing team who hail from Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces.

The Role

Specter is hiring a hands-on mechanical engineer to design products that will expand our product portfolio. This individual will own subsystem design and development from concept to production. This individual will collaborate with electrical engineers, manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to deliver a performant, scalable, and validated design to the...

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