Engineering Operations Lead

The role

The Engineering Operations Lead builds and runs systems that support the engineering organization. This role owns operational work including test sites, internal deployments, hardware servicing, field sustainment, and IT and lab infrastructure.

What you will do

• Own hardware test sites including coverage, installations, maintenance, and uptime.
• Run internal dogfooding program by deploying products across offices and manufacturing environments.
• Lead test operations for new products and use cases.
• Manage and PM sustainment issues from the field.
• PM specific customer use cases from ask to validated capability.
• Turn testing and field findings into prioritized feedback for engineering and product.
• Support competitive product testing, teardowns, and benchmarking.
• Own reliability of office, lab, and manufacturing IT infrastructure.
• Build systems for the test fleet including inventory, asset tracking, and servicing.
• Partner with supply chain and engineering on equipment procurement and deployment processes.

Required qualifications

• Experience in engineering operations, test operations, lab or test-site management, field operations, hardware startups, IT operations, or a similar cross-functional technical role.
• Comfort working directly with engineers, technicians, contractors, vendors, and site stakeholders.
• A strong systems mindset and a bias toward measurable, repeatable processes.
• The ability to PM cross-functional issues end to end.
• Willingness to install, troubleshoot, and service hardware in the field when needed.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• High ownership, reliable follow-through, and comfort working without much existing structure.
• Interest in hardware, AI, security, critical infrastructure, defense, industrial technology, or real-world deployments.

About the company

Specter builds video sensors with state-of-the-art AI agents to automate the physical world. The team is small and fast growing, hailing from Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces.