Sustaining Engineer

Be visionary

Are you passionate about solving complex manufacturing challenges and driving product reliability? As a Sustaining Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the performance, quality, and throughput of post‑exhaust manufacturing processes for Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs). Working directly on the factory floor, you’ll collaborate cross‑functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues, improve yield, and keep production running smoothly.

Your work will directly impact product integrity and customer satisfaction in a high‑reliability environment.

• Own and support all post‑exhaust manufacturing operations, including preparation, packaging, testing, and release to shipment
• Monitor production performance, identify trends, and implement improvements to stabilize yield and throughput
• Lead troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical, RF, and packaging‑related issues on the production floor
• Conduct root cause and corrective action investigations using structured problem‑solving methods
• Partner with Engineering and Quality teams to resolve failures and prevent recurrence
• Ensure seamless process handoffs between production stages to avoid defect propagation
• Translate production challenges into clear technical problem statements and elevate as needed
• Support daily production meetings, yield reviews, and issue‑tracking activities
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, and cycle time
• Update procedures, test instructions, and documentation to align with quality and configuration standards

• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills in complex electro‑mechanical or RF systems – required
• Hands‑on experience working in a manufacturing or production environment – required
• Experience leading or participating in root cause and corrective action investigations – required
• Ability to collaborate across cross‑functional teams and communicate technical issues clearly – required
• Experience in high‑reliability industries (e.g., aerospace, defense, RF or vacuum electronics) – required
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field – required
• Experience with vacuum devices, high‑voltage RF hardware, or TWTs – preferred
• Familiarity with testing processes, data interpretation, and contamination‑sensitive environments – preferred
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance – required

• Opportunity to work on advanced, high‑reliability technologies
• Hands‑on, impactful role with visibility across engineering and operations teams
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement
• Career growth within a technically challenging manufacturing setting

$77,900.00-$

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.