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title: 'Manufacturing Technician at Specter'
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last_seen: '2026-09-07'
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# Manufacturing Technician at Specter

- **Company:** Specter
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-03-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/specter/2c185ab3-3903-4a58-87d6-88bd362c0719

## Job description

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 Manufacturing Technician to join a high-impact team supporting the rapid development and iteration of our core hardware. You will be responsible for executing builds of our advanced electronics products while collaborating directly with the production and manufacturing engineering teams to bring new products to life and produce existing products. The products range from complex sensing components to cutting edge electronics, from concept to reality.

Responsibilities:

- Execute mechanical and electrical assembly of PCBAs into finished products and integrated systems.
- Read and interpret technical documentation, working from engineering drawings, schematics, and controlled processes to ensure build accuracy.
- Assist in the development of production processes for production runs, helping establish the standards for future scalability.
- Provide hands-on feedback to improve design manufacturability.
- Self-monitor work progress against area benchmarks to ensure the on-time delivery of critical production milestones.
- Assist in the production of products on the manufacturing line as needed to deliver products to customers.
- Maintain high standards of accuracy and efficiency, ensuring all work meets the rigorous quality requirements of mission-critical hardware.
- Follow and help improve build instructions, wiring diagrams, and test checklists
- Perform basic soldering, crimping, and connector assembly
- Use diagnostic tools (multimeter, oscilloscope, power supply) to verify system function
- Identify and resolve assembly or component issues in collaboration with engineers
- Track parts, builds, and materials using internal inventory systems
- Support prototype and pilot builds alongside mechanical and electrical engineers
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe workspace
- Occasionally assist with deployment prep and on-site assembly or troubleshooting

Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in mechanical, electrical, and/or PCBA assembly and rework.
- Hands-on experience with fabrication, repair, and/or integration.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-iteration environments where designs and requirements evolve rapidly.
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
- Excellent concentration and attention to detail, with a proven track record of maintaining high accuracy in precision work.

## Nice to Have

- Experience with ruggedized electronics or mission-critical hardware systems.
- Prior experience in a high-growth startup or R&D environment.

## About Specter

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Specter builds and deploys long-range wireless sensing networks with AI-powered real-time alerts and semantic search, creating the perception layer for the physical world.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Not publicly available (likely US based on website language and job postings)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industries: Physical security, critical infrastructure monitoring, industrial IoT, real-time situational awareness
- Target customers: Enterprise and government – including energy companies, data centers, construction firms, ports, stadiums, industrial facilities, and campuses
- Mission statement: "Creating a Software Defined Physical World" – providing instant awareness through real-time alerts, semantic search, and a map-based view of every event

## Products & Services
- **Specter Platform**: A SaaS-based physical intelligence platform that ingests data from long-range wireless sensors (video, thermal, acoustic) and applies general AI (natural language alerts) to detect events such as unauthorized access, safety hazards, equipment anomalies, fires, spills, and perimeter breaches. Features include semantic search, live and historical event detection, and complete situational awareness dashboards.
- **Long-Range Wireless Sensing Network**: Proprietary hardware and software for rugged, wide-area coverage without trenching – deployed across refineries, deserts, offshore platforms, construction sites, and other harsh environments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not publicly available; company is actively hiring (Software Engineer – Systems listing) and has a live product across multiple industry verticals.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: Recent website updates as of June 2026; expanding to new use cases (energy, data centers, construction, ports, stadiums); job openings indicate scaling engineering team.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Long-range wireless sensing** that eliminates blind spots without trenching or on-site personnel – a differentiator for remote and harsh environments.
- **General AI with natural language alerts** – users set and query alerts in plain English, lowering the barrier for security and operations teams.
- **Multimodal sensing** (video, thermal, acoustic) combined with real-time analytics for high-fidelity event detection (e.g., PPE compliance, spills, equipment theft, person-down incidents).
- Focus on **critical infrastructure** where downtime or security gaps carry high stakes, creating deep vertical-specific moats.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding horizontal deployment across energy, data centers, construction, logistics, and campus security.
- Deepening AI capabilities through real-time semantic search and event detection to replace traditional CCTV monitoring.
- Building a “software-defined physical world” that unifies disparate sensors into a single intelligent layer.

## Why Work Here
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI + IoT systems that monitor real-world infrastructure at scale.
- Engineering culture likely emphasizes distributed systems, computer vision, edge computing, and high-reliability software (based on job description for Software Engineer – Systems).
- Fast-paced startup environment with a clear product-market fit across multiple verticals.
- Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated; job posting does not specify location, but likely offers flexibility.

## Sources
1. [specter.co](https://specter.co/)
2. [specter.co/product](https://specter.co/product)
3. [specter.co/industries](https://specter.co/industries)
4. [specter.co/features](https://specter.co/features)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com - Software Engineer – Systems](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/specter/fe26a690-7934-46f4-bce2-8d8c5495a0dc)

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