Electronics OPT Jobs in Utah
F-1 OPT electronics jobs in Utah are concentrated around Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front, where companies like Texas Instruments, L3Harris, and a growing cluster of semiconductor and defense electronics firms regularly hire international students. Utah's expanding tech corridor makes it one of the more active states for electronics OPT placements outside of California.
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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
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.
Job Summary:
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.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- 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.
Job Qualifications:
- 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.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- 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.
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.
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Which electronics companies in Utah sponsor F-1 OPT visas?
Several established electronics and defense electronics employers in Utah have histories of hiring F-1 OPT students, including L3Harris Technologies, Texas Instruments, Novatel Wireless, and various aerospace electronics contractors in the Salt Lake City and Ogden areas. Semiconductor and hardware startups in the Silicon Slopes corridor have also grown as OPT-friendly employers, particularly for hardware engineering and embedded systems roles.
Which cities in Utah have the most electronics F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs?
Salt Lake City and its surrounding suburbs, including Sandy, South Jordan, and Murray, hold the largest share of electronics OPT positions in Utah. Ogden is a secondary hub, driven by defense electronics and aerospace manufacturing. Provo and Orem also see demand, particularly from hardware-adjacent companies in the Silicon Slopes tech corridor near Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University.
What types of electronics roles typically qualify for F-1 OPT sponsorship in Utah?
Roles that directly align with an electronics, electrical engineering, or computer engineering degree are the clearest fit for OPT authorization. In Utah, this includes embedded systems engineers, hardware design engineers, RF and antenna engineers, PCB layout designers, FPGA engineers, and test and validation engineers. Defense electronics contractors in the state also hire frequently for signal processing and systems integration roles tied to engineering degrees.
How do I find electronics F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs in Utah?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international students on F-1 OPT, filtering job listings to show roles at employers who sponsor work visas, including electronics positions across Utah. Rather than manually vetting hundreds of postings, you can search by industry and state to surface companies in the Salt Lake City area, Silicon Slopes, and Ogden that have active OPT hiring. Migrate Mate removes much of the guesswork in identifying sponsorship-ready employers.
Are there any Utah-specific considerations for F-1 OPT students in the electronics industry?
Utah's strong defense electronics sector means some roles require U.S. security clearances, which F-1 OPT holders generally cannot obtain, so it is worth confirming clearance requirements before applying to defense contractors like L3Harris or Northrop Grumman facilities in the state. Outside of cleared positions, Utah's civilian electronics and semiconductor employers do not impose state-specific restrictions beyond standard F-1 OPT authorization requirements, including the 90-day unemployment limit that applies nationally.