Equipment Technician
Teledyne FLIR · Camarillo, CA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $63k–$84k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Teledyne FLIR (aerospace & defense) in Camarillo, CA. Teledyne’s customers include NASA, ESA, the US Department of Defense, instrument/system integrators, and commercial customers.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Automation, Painting / coating, MES
- Base pay
- $63k–$84k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 77 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 30% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $85k–$123k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- CNC 42%
- Tooling 41%
- Machining 38%
- Team leadership 37%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Painting / coating, MES, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Teledyne FLIR
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Teledyne FLIR in Camarillo
6 other open roles at this site · 1 person we found on the manufacturing team.
- Program Quality Engineer · Quality
- Assembly Technician · Manufacturing · Technician
- Semiconductor Process Engineer · Process
- Supplier Quality Engineer · Quality
- Facilities Engineer · Reliability
- MBE Growth Production Engineer · Production
Full description from Teledyne FLIRAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What You'll Do
- ◆Performs electronic troubleshooting and reads/understands electrical schematics. Emphasis on electrical component level work experience.
- ◆Maintains semiconductor process equipment in the cleanroom with a goal to continuously reduce downtime
- ◆Maintains and replaces supporting equipment in the cleanroom chases, such as vacuum pumps, cryogenics, and chillers.
- ◆Completes gas cylinder changeouts as needed and maintain spares.
- ◆Interacts with facilities, vendors, and suppliers to reduce downtime of production equipment
- ◆Continuously obtains knowledge of fabrication equipment to maintain uptime
- ◆Assists in purchasing and qualification of new capital equipment
- ◆Composes TME documentation and maintains an inventory location and control system of spare parts for each system
- ◆Completes research and purchase of vital components and equipment parts to support process equipment
- ◆Works with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for data recording, tracking and reporting of data
What You Need
- ✓Working knowledge and hands on experience of repairing semiconductor process equipment.
- ✓Experience in equipment support of high vacuum systems, cryogenics, compressors, gas cabinets, coating, and etching systems.
- ✓Lithography equipment experience is a plus.
- ✓Ability to troubleshoot and maintain equipment
- ✓Strong mechanical aptitude
- ✓Able to lift occasionally up to 50lbs.
- ✓Able to wear a respirator for some tasks.
- ✓Ability to exercise a considerable amount of independent judgement
- ✓Ability to effectively communicate with outside vendors, suppliers and other department members
- ✓Computer proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
- ✓Displays exemplary ethics and business conduct and performs work cognizant of safe work practices
- ✓High School Diploma with minimum 5 years of experience or Associate’s degree with minimum of 3 years experiences in Semiconductor Equipment and tool operations.
- ✓U.S. citizenship due to access restrictions.
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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
Teledyne Imaging Sensors pioneers best in class infrared sensors to see into the past, analyze the present, and secure the future. As the world’s leading provider of infrared focal plane arrays for space, Teledyne’s customers include NASA, ESA, the US Department of Defense, instrument/system integrators, and commercial customers. Teledyne’s infrared sensors are Everywhere You Look (TM): aboard the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope; in ground based observatory telescopes; on the International Space Station; integrated into satellite systems that allow the study of climate change; at the core of airborne tactical platform protection systems; and enabling analytical microscopes. Our mission-focused team values technical excellence, collaboration, and agility – Launch your career to the next level with us !
Join Teledyne Imaging Sensors as an Equipment Technician!
What We Offer
- •Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
- •Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance from Day 1
- •Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
- •401(k) with Company Match
- •Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- •Educational Tuition Reimbursement
- •Fun Employee Events throughout the year
Why Teledyne? Our infrared sensors are “Everywhere You Look”™ – from the James Webb Space Telescope to climate change studies. Join us and make a difference!
Ready to take the next step? Apply now and become part of a team that's pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation.
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