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Teledyne FLIR · Onsite · US - Camarillo, CA

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

  

Job Description

  

Join Teledyne Imaging Sensors as a Product Validation and Characterization Engineer!

Are you ready to launch your career to the next level? Join our mission-focused team, where we value technical excellence, collaboration, and agility. We’re the world’s leading provider of infrared sensors for space, with customers like NASA, ESA, and the US Department of Defense.

What You’ll Do:

  • Validate and characterize ROIC-based infrared focal plane array products to ensure compliance with design and performance requirements.
  • Develop and execute product validation, characterization, and debug plans across a variety of operating conditions.
  • Analyze test results and generate clear, accurate technical reports that support product release and customer deliverables.
  • Collaborate closely with design, test, systems, and applications engineering teams to resolve technical issues and improve product performance.
  • Troubleshoot, analyze, and optimize semiconductor devices and systems using sound electrical engineering principles.
  • Provide technical support to internal stakeholders and external customers, including direct customer interaction when required.
  • Maintain strong communication and teamwork while contributing to a fast-paced, mission-critical development environment.

What You Need:

  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 3-5 years of experience in semiconductor test, product validation, characterization, or a related discipline.
  • Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics and analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit fundamentals.
  • Hands-on experience with laboratory instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, and current probes.
  • Experience developing automated test solutions using Python and instrument communication protocols such as GPIB, SCPI, or socket-based interfaces.
  • Strong analytical and data evaluation skills, including familiarity with tools such as JMP, Spotfire, R, and Excel.
  • Ability to independently debug complex hardware issues; experience with PCB design/debug, aerospace, military, spaceflight, cryogenic electronics, ROICs, or pixel technologies is a plus. U.S. citizenship required due to access restrictions.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
  • Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance from Day 1
  • Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Educational Tuition Reimbursement
  • Fun Employee Events throughout the year

Why Teledyne?

Our infrared sensors are “Everywhere You Look”™ – from the James Webb Space Telescope to climate change studies. Join us and make a difference!

Ready to take the next step? Apply now and become part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation.

#TS&I

  

Salary Range:

$150,400.00-$200,500.000

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. ​

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About Teledyne FLIR

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day . Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

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