Company Background:
Specter is creating a software-defined “control plane” for the physical world. We are starting with protecting American businesses by granting them ubiquitous perception over their physical assets.
To do so, we are creating a connected hardware-software ecosystem on top of multi-modal wireless mesh sensing technology. This allows us to drive down the cost and time of deploying sensors by 10x. Our platform will ultimately become the perception engine for a company’s physical footprint, enabling real-time perimeter visibility, autonomous operations management, and “digital twinning” of physical processes.
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.
Role + Responsibilities:
Specter is hiring a mechanical engineer to design and develop robust sensor systems, optimize product manufacturing, and assist with build/manufacturing programs.
Potential Responsibilities include:
- Define mechanical system requirements
- Design sheet metal, CNC plastics/metal, injection molded plastic, and 3D printed structural components
- Create detailed GD&T drawings for vendors
- Packaging of sensor sub-assemblies including camera, and other multi-modal sensor systems
- Packaging of compute and other electronics, including thermal and structural analysis and simulation
- Design custom battery solutions
- Develop test criteria and conduct testing with both in-house equipment and external partners
- Working with vendors for production, assembly and test of system components
- Assist with field deployments and remote debugging support
Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of mechanical product design experience
- Familiarity with electronics packaging considerations and requirements
- Experience shipping high volume product, and working with contract manufacturers
- Working experience with processes/technologies such as injection molding, casting, opto-mechanical design and lithium batteries
- Hands-on experience building computers and servers preferred
- Formula/Baja SAE or other project based team experience preferred
Design tool proficiency:
- Solidworks/CATIA/NX
- NSYS multiphysics simulation
- Familiarity with ECAD integration