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Field Service Technician

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At a Glance

Location
US - Tucson, Arizona, United States
Employment
Full time
Experience
5+ years
Posted
2026-07-16

Key Requirements

Required Skills

ExcelMicrosoft OfficeSAP

Domain Knowledge

  • Automotive
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Government

Requirements

3–5+ years of hands-on experience in field service, electronics repair, or electro-mechanical troubleshooting.

Background in electronics, electro-mechanical systems, or equivalent military technical training.

Strong troubleshooting and repair experience on complex electrical, mechanical, and basic software systems.

Working knowledge of wiring, cabling, connectors, and diagnostic tools.

Prior military technical experience related to EO/IR, sensors, avionics, or surveillance systems.

Hands-on experience with EO/IR sensors, thermal imaging systems, or optronics technologies.

Responsibilities

Teledyne FLIR Defense is a leading provider of advanced detection and surveillance systems supporting federal, state, local, and international customers.

In this role, the FST will travel to customer locations to install, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and upgrade systems, and provide operational training on advanced detection and surveillance systems.

The FST is responsible for end-to-end lifecycle support of electro-mechanical and EO/IR systems, including installation, diagnostics, maintenance, repair, upgrades, and documentation across airborne, land, maritime and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) platforms.

The FST will serve as the primary customer-facing technical resource and collaborate with engineering and support teams to resolve issues and improve system performance.

This is primarily a customer-facing field role requiring strong technical troubleshooting skills, independence, and communication.

Work distribution: 40% Electrical, 40% Mechanical, 10% Software, and 10% Hardware.

About the Company

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. ​