Senior Project Engineer, Precision Instrumentation

flir; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne API in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to join our R&D team. In this lead role you will develop deep technical understanding of our product portfolio and drive sustaining engineering and new product development, creating proposals and schedules, and guiding projects to completion.

You will partner with Marketing, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and external partners to define requirements, perform risk assessments, and lead design reviews, verification

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive, hands-on product development experience, preferably in R&D, scientific instrumentation, industrial instrumentation, precision measurement, or similarly complex hardware product environments.
• Have strong project management and leadership qualities, based on prior experience in a product development environment.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of pneumatic technologies such as, pumps, gas regulators, electronic valves, and flow control devices.
• Have the desire to work in a fast paced and challenging work environment.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills to make sound technical decisions.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work within, and mentor, a cross functional team.
• Be proficient with MS Word, MS Project, Excel, Outlook and other office productivity tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead engineering technical representative for the assigned TAPI product portfolio.
• Define high level product requirements through collaboration with key groups, such as: Marketing, Manufacturing Engineering, Customer Service, and External partners.
• Manage approved projects in a dynamic R&D environment while communicating status, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead design reviews, technical risk assessments, failure investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives across the full product lifecycle.
• Work closely with Marketing Product Managers to develop long-term strategic technology roadmaps.
• Perform and oversee Verification and Validation testing in a laboratory setting.
• Perform and oversee sustaining activities on legacy products to address customer needs.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MS Word

MS Project

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Teledyne API in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to join our R&D team. In this lead role you will develop deep technical understanding of our product portfolio and drive sustaining engineering and new product development, creating proposals and schedules, and guiding projects to completion.

You will partner with Marketing, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and external partners to define requirements, perform risk assessments, and lead design reviews, verification