Robotics Development & Integration Engineer (Hybrid) at Flir Systems in Orem, Utah

Job Description:

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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

At Teledyne FLIR in Orem, UT & Gainesville, FL we design and manufacture high quality drones to carry the best sensors into the toughest environments. Our extensive history includes working alongside organizations including U.S. Army, Marines, and US DOD Special Operations Community. We embrace cutting edge innovative technologies and design concepts to bring new capability to our warfighters. As an original equipment manufacturer of Drones (UAS), we are at the forefront of new American engineering and manufacturing technologies. The foundation of our company is the drive to build superior UAS through engineering excellence. You can expect diverse challenges that will require you to be agile and innovative in your work. You can also expect to be on a small team that strives to meet these challenges together. UAS development and the UAS market is still young and constantly changing. Your work will be varied and innovative by nature.

After on-site training this position has the potential to work a hybrid schedule (a combination of days working from home and days in the office).

Job Summary:

The Robotics Development & Integration Engineer will focus on software and electronic development and integration activities associated with small, unmanned aircraft. This will range from sensor identification, testing, and integration to development of embedded systems drivers and software architecture and will include field testing and debugging.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

New hardware bring up:

• Exercising interfaces and functions of fresh unused boards before integrating into system


• Trouble shooting and rework to identify causes of issues that arise during bring up


• Understand and interpret electronic schematics

Create Python scripts to interact with custom hardware and development kits:

• Collecting data from sensors and tweaking parameters


• Prototype integration into existing system using development kits or custom breakout boards

Develop embedded software:

• Test framework


• Implement and integrate new features into existing code base

System integration ofmulti-board and multi-processor systems (robotics, drones, etc.):

• Use existing software tools (or create new ones as needs arise) to bench test system level functionality or diagnose problems that arise


• Work with (or participate as part of) flight team to test and characterize system level performance and functions


• Help fix issues to achieve expected/required performance


• Work with Pixhawk Flight Computer/ MAVlink messaging

Job Qualifications:

• 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.


• 3+ years of Robotics, Drone, or similar systems experience desired.


• Bachelors or advanced degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Mechatronics,orrelated field.


• Experience in board bring-up and peripheral integration.


• Expertise inCand/or C++ programming on embedded, Linux, or similar systems.


• Familiar with basicembedded software techniques.


• Lab skills (o-scope, logic analyzers, etc.).


• Experience ieading teams is desired.

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.