Mechanical Engineer

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 and autonomous operations management.

Our co-founders Xerxes https://www.linkedin.com/in/xerxes-libsch/ and Philip https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-clark-883a41126/ 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