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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

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to safeguarding lives with cutting-edge sensing and threat detection technologies. Our arsenal includes advanced surveillance sensors, handheld devices, unmanned vehicles, lasers, and more solutions that increase operational effectiveness for warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams. We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense industry. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on life-saving solutions, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Job Summary:

Teledyne FLIR is looking for an engineering professional to head test activities associated with drone development and fielding. This person must be a detail oriented, self-directed individual, and be able to operate with a high degree of autonomy. This person will lead a test program associated with both fielded and developmental military drones. We expect this person to have previous experience with test activities and be familiar with electronics and drone systems.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

+ Oversee a small team of engineers and flight test technicians, including day to day tasking and activities

+ Drone flight testing of mature and development products including test methods development

+ Setup complex experiments to test hypothesis and concepts associated with drone development

+ Analyze datalogs from drone testing – including basic python, matlab, scripting

+ Debug system issues and troubleshoot electrical, software, and mechanical systems

+ Communicate complex technical problems to mechanical, electrical, and software engineers

+ Troubleshoot sensors and systems associated with drone operation (GPS, IMU, range finders, etc.)

**Job Qualifications** :

+ BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or similar field strongly preferred

+ Engineering experience and mind set with 8+ years’ or equivalent professional experience working with robotic or complex electro-mechanical systems

+ 3+ years’ experience working with commercial or military drones strongly preferred

+ Basic understanding of quad rotor physics

+ FAA part 107 qualified or equivalent pilot rating a plus

+ Familiar with computer programming and software development methods

+ Willing to work in agile environment with flexible daily tasking based on program needs

+ Leadership experience, in an agile environment desired

+ Strong debug and experiment design skills

+ Able and willing to travel to test sites as needed, using company vehicle (clean driving record is required)

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

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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/Affirmative Action 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. ​

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.