Senior Electrical Engineer - Embedded & Digital Hardware ((US Citizenship Required)

We are seeking aSenior Electrical Engineer - Embedded & Digital Hardwareto play a key role in the development of next-generation electro-optical and sensing technologies. This is a highly visible, hands-on engineering position where you'll work alongside talented multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, integrate, and validate complex embedded electronics and digital hardware from concept through production.

In this role, you'll help shape future product architectures while working with cutting-edge technologies including embedded processors, FPGAs, SoCs, high-speed digital interfaces, advanced sensor systems, and low-power electronics. You'll have the opportunity to solve challenging technical problems, influence system design decisions, and see your work transition into real-world products used in demanding environments around the world.

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys both hardware design and hands-on laboratory work, thrives in a collaborative development environment, and wants to make a meaningful impact on innovative products.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with Product Management and Business Development to define future products, technologies, and hardware roadmaps.
• Translate system requirements into robust hardware architectures and board-level designs.
• Design and develop complex PCB assemblies utilizing embedded processors, FPGA and SoC technologies, memory subsystems, and high-speed digital interfaces.
• Work closely with Software, FPGA, Mechanical, Systems, Test, and Manufacturing Engineering teams throughout product development.
• Develop schematics, participate in PCB layout reviews, and ensure designs meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost objectives.
• Perform hands-on hardware bring-up, integration, debug, validation, and verification activities in laboratory environments.
• Troubleshoot complex electronic systems and conduct root cause investigations to identify and resolve technical issues.
• Support signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and design-for-manufacturing initiatives.
• Create design documentation, technical specifications, test procedures, and manufacturing release packages.
• Support new product introduction and transition into production.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs, solve complex engineering problems, and drive innovative solutions.
• Lead technical efforts involving cross-functional teams while effectively communicating project status, risks, and recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance engineering efficiency, product quality, and reliability.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience designing complex digital hardware, embedded electronics, or board-level electronic systems.
• Strong background in digital circuit design, hardware architecture, and PCB development.
• Experience with embedded processors, memory architectures, and high-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SERDES, MIPI, UART, 1553, Aurora, or similar technologies.
• Experience with schematic capture, hardware integration, debugging, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and board-level design best practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Experience developing FPGA- or SoC-based hardware platforms.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Lattice, Microchip, or similar technologies.
• Experience with Altium Designer or similar design tools.
• Experience developing products involving imaging systems, sensors, electro-optical systems, aerospace, defense, industrial, or medical technologies.
• Experience supporting products from concept development through production release.

Why Join Us?

• Work on advanced imaging, sensing, and surveillance technologies.
• Design real products that move from concept to production.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Solve challenging technical problems involving embedded systems, high-speed digital design, and advanced electronics.
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge processor, FPGA, sensor, and electro-optical technologies.
• Make a direct impact on innovative products used in demanding real-world applications.
• Join a team that values technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

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.

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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 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. ​