Control Engineer

US Citizenship is required for this position. We are unable to hire Green Card Holders, individuals who need a work visa, are currently on a work visa, or individuals who will require work visa sponsorship in the future.

At Teledyne FLIR in Orem 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.

We are seeking an experienced Change Control Engineer to support multiple defense products and systems produced by the engineering team. This is a role for a detail-oriented, methodical, and disciplined individual. They will own product baseline control of existing products and products in development; this entails change management across internal engineering changes, external government‑contract changes, and supplier and production coordination. This position is engineering‑focused, working within the design teams to ensure initial designs and changes are clearly defined, properly authorized, correctly documented, and fully traceable.

This role will be the liaison between engineering and the government program offices for baseline definition and change.

• Establish, maintain, and enforce configuration baselines across multiple active programs.
• Ensure drawings, specifications, BOMs, and technical data packages accurately reflect the approved baseline at all times; ensure agreement across PDM, PLM, and ERP systems.
• Maintain complete change history and records suitable for customer review, audit, and long‑term sustainment.
• Primary author and steward of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Notice of Revisions (NORs) for government programs.
• Work with program office to ensure accurate responses and documentation delivery to customers.
• Follow implemented procedures and processes as well as improvements to processes and tools used to effect proper change control and history.
• Plan support for initial product release to production.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical Discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in a configuration management role and comfortable working with PLM/PDM and ERP systems.
• Hands on experience with ECO/ECR processes.
• Demonstrated strong technical writing skills.
• Experience in defense contractor programs and familiarity with defense contract change mechanisms: ECPs, NORs, etc. preferred.
• Working knowledge of CM standards such as EIA‑649 and ASME Y14.35 preferred.
• Experience interfacing directly with customers and government representatives on change matters preferred.
• Experience leading technical projects and teams preferred.

• Detail‑oriented, methodical, and disciplined.
• Comfortable pushing for clarity and completeness before approval.
• Able to work cross‑functionally with engineering teams without slowing progress.
• Values accuracy, traceability, and clean documentation over speed alone.
• Trusted to protect the product baseline while supporting program execution.

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.

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.