Engineering Lab Manager

The role

You will build and maintain the lab and test sites for the engineering team. This includes setting up outdoor test installations, wiring networks and servers, and managing lab operations and standards.

What you will do

• Install and weatherproof development units at test sites, including the roof.
• Route and protect cabling to survive weather.
• Build or machine enclosures, brackets, and mounts for prototype fabrication.
• Set up networking, power, and IT for tests.
• Pull and terminate cable, install switches, and rack and power servers.
• Assemble server racks and plan migrations of hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Lay out the lab space and set up equipment tracking and maintenance.
• Turn recurring jobs into repeatable processes.
• Identify potential physical failures regarding heat, power, cable strain, and weather.

Required qualifications

• Creative problem-solving
• Organized and systematic
• Build a machine from parts, set it up, and operate it
• Linux and SSH
• Machining, welding, fixturing, 3D printing, casting
• Breadboarding, basic programming, setting up PSUs, loads, and solar panels, and crimping or modifying wiring harnesses
• Mounting, drilling, fastening, cable routing, and weatherproofing
• Comfortable and safe working at height and outdoors
• Handle sensitive lab equipment with care

Nice to have

• Experience directing technicians or contractors, or setting standards that others work to
• Exposure to RF hardware or antenna work
• Familiarity with HIL test setups and the cabling and state they depend on
• Experience running clean, documented cabling and standing up server racks
• Comfort with low-voltage wiring, power distribution, or basic electrical work
• VLANs, switch configuration, IP addressing, and keeping a growing physical network tidy

About the company

Specter's mission is to help automate the physical world. They build video sensors with state-of-the-art AI agents.