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title: 'Hardware Technician at City Detect'
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# Hardware Technician at City Detect

- **Company:** City Detect
- **Location:** Detroit, MI
- **Compensation:** $50k–$80k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-22
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/citydetect/am9icG9zdDp1lmvnA47IlItFbh4VjYZB

## Job description

We're seeking a detail-oriented Hardware Technician to join our hardware team. Your core mission: make sure every installation, maintenance visit, or deployment goes right the first time. That starts before you ever leave the warehouse; the more thoroughly a job is planned and prepped in-house, the smoother the on-site work will go. This means owning your toolkit, reviewing the install plan and asking questions ahead of time, assembling and testing hardware before it ships and you are familiar with it; everything to make sure what you you need is packed and available to you when you get to the site. It also means leading other technicians when a job calls for it, and always looking to improve how the team works.

## What You'll Do

- Prepare for success before you get to a site: review install plans in advance, ask questions, assemble and test hardware, and confirm your toolkit and all materials are packed and shipped ahead of time
- Own the full lifecycle of an installation or maintenance job, performing on-site work across a diverse fleet nationwide (refuse/recycling trucks, consumer vehicles, fixed installations)
- Act as on-site lead for larger jobs, supervising and coordinating outsourced installation partners or other technicians to keep the process consistent and high quality
- Work with warehouse staff to keep hardware assembly, material usage tracking, and documentation up to date
- Identify gaps or inefficiencies in your own process and address them. Share recurring issues and improvement ideas with the team so the whole organization benefits, not just your own jobs
- Follow warehouse and installation safety and cleanliness standards
- Help train and onboard new staff or installation partners as we grow

## Requirements

- 2+ years of experience as a technician in a mobility industry (automotive, transportation) or similar (automotive manufacturing, test engineering)
- Solid working knowledge of basic vehicle systems and automotive electrical fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with mechanical assembly, wiring, and electro-mechanical tools (multimeters, calipers, heat gun, etc.)
- Familiarity with deploying GPS, camera, or other electronic, customer-facing systems
- Strong self-sufficiency: comfortable planning ahead, anticipating what a job needs, and troubleshooting when something is missing or incorrect on-site
- Ability to adapt to many different customer vehicle types and install requirements without losing attention to detail
- Solid organizational and communication skills, written and verbal, including the ability to lead or direct other technicians on-site
- A valid driver's license
- 50% travel to customer installation sites, 50% in-house assembly, preparation, and test drives

## Nice to Have

- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or a related field
- Experience with embedded systems, real-time systems, or Linux, especially as related to data collection or self-driving systems
- Experience with CAD software (Autodesk, SolidWorks, Catia, etc.) and prototyping (3D printing, sheet metal fabrication, vacuum forming)
- Experience with supply, production, and equipment tracking systems (BOMIST, Odoo, etc.)
- Knowledge of materials, machining, and other hardware creation processes and limitations

## About City Detect

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: City Detect uses AI and cameras mounted on city fleet vehicles to automatically assess property condition and identify urban blight, providing actionable insights for local governments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, raised $13M in 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Gavin Baum-Blake (CEO & Co-Founder); the company emerged from a University of Alabama research project.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: GovTech / Urban Infrastructure & Code Enforcement
- **Target customers**: Municipalities, county governments, and non‑profit organizations focused on housing and community development (B2G)
- **Mission**: “Revolutionize the way local governments understand and interact with their built environment” – using good AI to make cities cleaner, safer, and more efficient.

## Products & Services
- **PASS AI® Platform**: SaaS & computer vision system that processes images from vehicle‑mounted cameras to detect and map property blight (e.g., graffiti, collapsing roofs, overgrown lots). Delivers detailed reports and dashboards for code enforcement teams.
- **Vehicle Camera Kits**: Hardware installed on existing city fleet vehicles (garbage trucks, street sweepers, etc.) to capture street‑level imagery passively.
- **Actionable Reports**: Customised insights that help cities prioritise inspections, send educational notices, and track improvement over time.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$15M** (Seed $2M + Series A $13M)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**:  
  - Prudence (led Series A)  
  - Las Olas Venture Capital (led Seed Round)  
  - The City of Birmingham, Protective Life Foundation (early partners)  
  - Active deployments in Cathedral City, Greenville, and Stockton
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 25 employees (+40% YoY)  
  - Presence in **8+ states** (TX, CA, FL & beyond)  
  - Cathedral City sent 500 educational notices using City Detect (Dec 2025)  
  - Stockton detected 13,852 unique issues  
  - 2,130 LinkedIn followers (+22.6% yearly)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deployment moat**: Works with existing municipal fleet vehicles, no dedicated survey runs needed – green and low‑cost.
- **Domain‑trained AI**: PASS AI® is purpose‑built for urban blight indicators, not generic computer vision.
- **Ethical AI stance**: “The Good AI™” emphasises transparency, community trust, and responsible data use.
- **End‑to‑end workflow**: From image capture to automated violation detection to actionable reports, all in one platform.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand to more cities and counties across the U.S.
- Deepen detection capabilities (e.g., more violation types, roadside issues)
- Maintain a fully remote, values‑driven culture that hires “the person, not the zip code”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, tight‑knit team (~25 people) that describes itself as “absolutely friends” rather than family. Collaborative, low‑ego, and mission‑driven.
- **Work model**: **Fully remote** – work from anywhere in the U.S. (no international hires at this time).
- **Benefits**:
  - Company equity for all employees
  - Unlimited PTO (trust‑based)
  - Health, vision & dental insurance
  - $100/month wellness stipend
  - Annual in‑person team retreat
- **Engineering culture**: Head of Software and Head of Data & AI are dedicated roles – tech team makes up about 32% of headcount. Employees come from companies like Tyler Technologies, MITRE, and Microsoft.

## Sources
1. [citydetect.com](https://www.citydetect.com/) – product overview and case studies
2. [citydetect.com/about](https://www.citydetect.com/about) – mission and origin story
3. [citydetect.com/careers](https://www.citydetect.com/careers) – benefits, culture, hiring process
4. [linkedin.com/company/citydetect](https://linkedin.com/company/citydetect) – employee count, funding details, executive team
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/city-detect) – funding rounds, company description
6. [jobs.gem.com/citydetect](https://jobs.gem.com/citydetect) – open roles (careers page)

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