--- title: 'Technician at Spear AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/technician-spear-ai-duluth-je17yj2r0rhe' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Technician at Spear AI - **Company:** Spear AI - **Location:** Duluth, MN - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/spear-ai/41943651-0de9-4a09-9e57-3a47de5c2179 ## Job description Spear AI is seeking an experienced manufacturing, troubleshooting and repair technician. You will be part of a cross functional team designing, building, testing, and deploying unmanned maritime sensor systems. This technician will be cross functional but the emphasis is on maritime operations. Spear AI serves the national security industry and provides hardware, software, and data solutions that span levels of classification and are intended for operational deployment. Spear AI is a rapidly growing company with a commitment to rapid development of excellent products through continuous fielding. You will be in the lab and out on the water frequently. ## Responsibilities You will work with other technicians and engineers to build, assemble, and test sensor systems Electrical Fabrication – Build wiring harnesses, assemble electrical components, assemble battery packs Mechanical Fabrication – Fabricate and assemble mechanical components and systems for sensor systems and buoys. Compute configuration – Basic configuration and testing of linux based compute systems. Testing – Test components, subsystems and systems in the lab and in the field with limited documentation and procedures. Troubleshooting – Troubleshoot systems in the lab and the field with limited documentation and procedures. Interact with engineers to elicit required information and help to improve documentation. Maritime Operations – Organize and eventually lead maritime test operations to include deployment, maintenance, and recovery of instrumentation systems from small boats. Engineering Interaction – Provide feedback to engineers on designs, durability, documentation, maintainability, and any other relevant aspect of the design. In the future, organize feedback from additional technicians and serve as the focal point for feedback. ## Requirements Exemplary attention to detail, a focus on quality, and an uncompromising focus on safety. Experience with mechanical fabrication techniques such as additive manufacturing, basic machining, composites, welding and assembly. Experience with electrical fabrication techniques such as wiring harnesses, board population, board repair and battery pack fabrication. Experience with testing both components and systems such as system turn on, pressure testing, cable verification, visual inspection, measurement verification. Suitable written and verbal communication skills for working in a high performing development team. Ability to physically participate in at sea deployment, test, and recovery operations including ability to lift, carry, and maneuver on shore or on a small boat at sea, communicate verbally, and carry out fine manipulations. Ability to physically carry out fine and/or heavy manufacturing and testing sills including fine manipulation abilities and ability to repeatedly lift 50lbs. You may be asked to obtain a SECRET security clearance. This will be at no expense to you. For resources on what a security background involves and what disqualifies people reference the CIA requirements. Desired Maritime operations experience including small boat operations, over the side handling, field repair and logistics of a test event. Basic experience with the Linux command line. Prior experience with mechanical cad especially OnShape Prior experience with wiring harness documentation A USCG captains license or extensive experience operating small boats Veteran status or significant familiarity with and comfort in interacting with both enlisted and commissioned military personnel. We hope you'll join our fast growing team! ## About Spear AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Spear AI develops advanced AI and machine learning solutions for maritime defense and national security, turning sensor data into actionable intelligence. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage) - **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Michael Hunter (founder) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; Maritime AI / Defense Technology - **Target Customers**: B2G (government) – U.S. Navy (COMSUBFOR, PEO UWS, PMS offices), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), Intelligence Community (IC), and allied partners (AUKUS) - **Mission / Purpose**: “Building AI solutions that help maritime operators decide faster and see farther” – transforming raw sensor data into decision advantage for mission-critical operations. ## Products & Services - **AI/ML Software Suite**: Edge AI and cloud-based analytics for acoustic intelligence, threat assessment, and situational awareness. Deploys to IL5, IL6, and TS/SCI environments. - **Expendable Maritime Sensors**: Affordable, real-time data collection hardware optimized for maritime environments. - **Services**: Custom AI/ML implementation, acoustic ML, reinforcement learning, cloud architecture, and strategic advisory for defense clients. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Seed round led by Cortical Ventures and Scare the Bear Capital (amount undisclosed) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Cortical Ventures, Scare the Bear Capital; customers include ONR, CDAO, PEO UWS, COMSUBFOR, and intelligence agencies. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 69 employees (rapidly growing, with 13 active job postings); 42% of employees are military veterans; software deployed to high-security clearance environments; 15,000+ hours of maritime data produced and labeled; 94+ collective years of acoustic intelligence experience. ## Competitive Advantages - Deep domain expertise in maritime acoustic intelligence and defense-specific AI. - Strong government relationships and clearances (IL5, IL6, TS/SCI) creating high barriers to entry. - Vertically integrated from custom sensor hardware to edge/cloud AI software. - High percentage of veteran employees signals mission alignment and operational credibility. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling AI capabilities for the U.S. Navy and allied (AUKUS) undersea warfare programs. - Expanding affordable, expendable sensor deployments to gather more real-world maritime data. - Growing the engineering and mission integration teams to support increasing government contracts. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Mission-driven environment with a strong emphasis on national security impact. Rated 5.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (based on 1 review). - **Work Policy**: Flexible / hybrid / onsite depending on the role; relocation assistance available for onsite positions. - **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, comprehensive health/dental/vision, 401(k) match, performance bonuses, and professional growth opportunities. - **Engineering Culture**: “Move quickly. Test rigorously. Release often.” Modern tech stack (Python, React, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, PostgreSQL, etc.); practical coding assessments reflect real work. - **Hiring Process**: Recruiter screen, practical exercise (coding or hardware), team interviews, and founder conversation. - **Open Roles**: Data engineers, full-stack engineers, machine learning engineers, mission engineers, infrastructure engineers – many requiring active security clearance (Secret or TS/SCI). ## Sources 1. [spear.ai](https://www.spear.ai/) – Company overview, products, customers, key stats 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spear-ai) – Company details, employee count, funding, recent departures, tech stack, locations 3. [spear.ai/careers](https://www.spear.ai/careers) – Culture, benefits, hiring process, values 4. 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