Engineering Technician - CW

Teledyne FLIR; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne FLIR Defense in Orlando seeks motivated individuals to join our team as technicians, starting with shadowing experienced staff to learn responsibilities, lab procedures, and equipment handling. This full-time contract through Dec 31, 2027 offers $35 per hour, with potential extension or conversion to salaried employment at contract end.

Eligibility includes U.S. citizenship or approved export control status.

Qualifications

• Willing to shadow technicians to learn lab procedures and responsibilities.
• Interest in assembling cables and mechanical prototypes.
• Comfort with inventory and calibration tracking in a lab setting.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and build cables and mechanical prototypes.
• Solder components onto custom PCBs.
• Organize laboratory spaces and work areas.
• Maintain and improve inventory tracking.
• Assist with calibration tracking and equipment management.
• Support equipment evaluation, maintenance, and repair efforts.

Skills

Cable assembly

Soldering

Lab organization

Inventory tracking

Calibration tracking

Maintenance & repair

Tools

Soldering equipment

Test equipment

Job description

Be visionary

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.

Be visionary

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 supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

#AnyThreatAnywhere

Position Overview

During the first phase of employment, the individual would primarily shadow experienced technicians to learn existing technician responsibilities, laboratory procedures, equipment maintenance practices, and organizational processes. As proficiency increases, the individual would gradually assume technician duties under appropriate supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assembling and building cables and mechanical prototypes
• Soldering components onto custom PCBs
• Organizing laboratory spaces and work areas
• Maintaining and improving inventory tracking
• Assisting with calibration tracking and equipment management
• Supporting equipment evaluation, maintenance, and repair efforts

Pay and Schedule

The position is full-time and will last through Dec 31, 2027. The pay is $35/hr. Opportunities to extend the contract or to convert the contractor to a salaried employee will be explored at the end of the contract.

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.

#FLIR

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.