Senior Electronics Architect - Precision Instrumentation

Teledyne FLIR; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne API, located in San Diego, California, seeks a highly experienced Principal Electronics Engineer to lead advanced electronic systems for precision gas and air quality monitoring instruments. You will own design from concept through production, translating requirements into robust hardware architectures and ensuring manufacturability and reliability.

The role requires autonomy, mentorship, and collaboration across electrical, mechanical, software, and quality teams, with hands-on

Qualifications

• Strong analog and mixed-signal circuit design experience, precision measurement, ADC/DAC interfaces.
• Hands-on lab debugging and system-level bring-up.
• Ability to mentor engineers and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, test, and qualification of advanced electronic systems for analytical instrumentation and environmental monitoring products.
• Design and optimize analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, and embedded control circuitry.
• Lead schematic design, PCB layout, DFM/DFT, and design-for-test activities.
• Integrate microcontrollers, processors, FPGAs, sensors, power supplies, and other subsystems into instrument-level solutions.
• Collaborate with software/firmware teams to resolve hardware/software integration issues.
• Lead design reviews, risk assessments, and continuous improvement across product lifecycle.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

Embedded systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Teledyne API, located in San Diego, California, seeks a highly experienced Principal Electronics Engineer to lead advanced electronic systems for precision gas and air quality monitoring instruments. You will own design from concept through production, translating requirements into robust hardware architectures and ensuring manufacturability and reliability.

The role requires autonomy, mentorship, and collaboration across electrical, mechanical, software, and quality teams, with hands-on