Join Specter as an Engineering Technician to build and support innovative hardware solutions in a fast-growing startup.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Put together computers, server racks, and test rigs
- Run and terminate network and power cabling
- Get hardware mounted and weatherproofed at test sites
- Keep the lab organized, stocked, and safe
- Help turn rough ideas into working hardware
Must have
- Handy end to end
- Mounting, drilling, fastening, and cable routing
- Fabrication and shop skills
- Basic computer skills
- Some electronics exposure
- Careful and organized
Nice to have
- Networking basics
- RF or antennas exposure
- Electronics setup experience
- Relevant coursework or projects
AI in the day-to-day
Our systems can automatically detect and reason about any physical activity captured on camera.
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Engineering Technician at Specter engages in hands-on tasks such as fabricating hardware mounts, wiring test rigs, and ensuring electronics are operational in outdoor environments. Key skills include fabrication, basic electronics, and familiarity with Linux, alongside a knack for organization and problem-solving. This role is ideal for someone with practical experience in building and maintaining hardware, who is eager to learn and grow within a fast-paced, innovative team focused on physical AI and robotics.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 26, 2026. Last confirmed on Specter's careers page October 26, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Engineering Technician role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, United States.
- Where is the role based?
- Specter is hiring for this position in San Francisco, United States.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Technician role at Specter.
From the original posting
The Role
If you love making real things, this role is built for you. You’ll work with your hands and your head in equal measure: fabricating a bracket to mount hardware on the roof one day, wiring up a test rig the next, then working out how to get a pile of loose electronics enclosed, powered, and running outdoors. Early on the jobs come well-scoped. As you find your feet, more of the “here’s the goal, figure out how” problems become yours to solve.
Responsibilities:
Builds and assembly: Put together the computers, server racks, and test rigs the whole team runs on, built well enough that people trust them. Catch the problems that look small now before they cost someone a day later.
Cabling and networking: Run and terminate the network and power cabling and install the switches the lab depends on, then leave it clean and labeled enough that the next person never has to guess.
Field install support: Get hardware mounted and weatherproofed at our test sites, including the roof, so it keeps working through months of real weather.
Lab upkeep: Keep the lab organized, stocked, and safe, and catch the small problems, a hot server or a strained cable, before they take something down.
Hands-on prototyping: Help turn rough ideas into working hardware: breadboarding, crimping harnesses, fabrication, and 3D printing.
Qualifications:
Handy end to end: Give you a job like running cable from the rack to the roof, and you can plan the route, put together the bill of materials, and finish it as a clean, tidy install.
Mounting, drilling, fastening, and cable routing come naturally.
Fabrication and shop skills: You can make and modify parts: 3D printing, basic machining, welding, or confident work with hand and power tools.
Basic computer skills: You can build or set up a computer and find your way around Linux, or you’re keen to learn it fast.
Some electronics exposure: Any hands-on experience with breadboarding, soldering, or crimping harnesses.
Careful and organized: You handle expensive equipment with care, label your work, and leave things tidy for the next person.
Eager to learn: You ask good questions, pick things up quickly, and want to grow into a broader hardware role.
Comfortable working with your hands: including outdoors and at height, done safely.
Nice to Have
Networking basics: Cabling, switches, and IP addressing.
RF or antennas: Any exposure to RF hardware or antenna work.
Electronics: Setting up PSUs, loads, or solar panels, or reading a basic schematic.
Relevant coursework or projects: A degree, trade training, or a portfolio of personal builds.
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