Joblaze summary

The mechanical engineer at Specter will focus on designing and developing subsystems for video sensor products, ensuring they are ready for production. Key skills include proficiency in Solidworks and ANSYS for thermal and structural analysis, along with hands-on experience in prototyping and testing products for harsh environments. This role is ideal for someone with over three years of experience in high-volume product design, particularly in outdoor applications. Specter’s small, fast-growing team values collaboration across engineering disciplines to drive innovation in physical AI.

Joblaze insights

Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 26, 2026. Last confirmed on Specter's careers page October 26, 2026.
Mechanical Engineering appears in 4.4% of 3285 comparable mid other roles in United States; Aerospace Engineering appears in 1.9% of 3285 comparable mid other roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Mechanical Engineer role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, United States.
How much experience is required?: At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Mechanical Engineer role.
Where is the role based?: Specter is hiring for this position in San Francisco, United States.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: ANSYS Multiphysics, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Solidworks.
What seniority level is this role?: Specter targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Mechanical Engineer role at Specter.

From the original posting

The Role
Specter is hiring a hands-on mechanical engineer to design products that will expand our product portfolio. This individual will own subsystem design and development from concept to production. This individual will collaborate with electrical engineers, manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to deliver a performant, scalable, and validated design to the field.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include electrical packaging of PCBAs including enclosures, sealing, connectors, wire harness, and thermal interfaces.
Hands on prototype building to accelerate product development.

Qualifications:

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and being scrappy.
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
3+ years of experience designing, testing, and fielding high volume products.
Demonstrated experience designing tightly integrated products that live in harsh, outdoor environments (IP67, MILSTD810G/H or higher).
Experience in doing tolerance analysis for prototyping and mass production.
Hands on experience with tests (shock, vibe, thermal, EMC ).
Experience designing for different manufacturing methods including machining, injection molding, casting, and sheet metal parts.
Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral).
Experience with coupled thermal analysis, design, and simulation for high density power dissipation. Preferred qualifications include experience with designing thermal solutions for air and liquid cooling.
Experience with thermal, structural and modal analysis including first order modeling. Experience with FMEA (Ansys or similar) preferred.
Experience or exposure to EE and RF systems and packaging of pcba components and antenna elements.
Proficient with Solidworks or equivalent.
Proficient with Ansys Thermal and Structural analysis tools.
Experience in ECO, BOM and deviation process management.
Experience in using gd&t to draft drawings for manufacturing.

Design Tool Proficiency:

Solidworks preferred (our current 3d software).
ANSYS Multiphysics simulation.
Familiarity with ECAD integration.

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Mechanical Engineer

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