Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial Engineer)
L3Harris · Palm Bay, FL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Industrial
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level industrial role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Palm Bay, FL. You will develop production plans, analyze workflows, and support factory optimization initiatives that enhance cost, schedule, and quality outcomes.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Value stream mapping, Time studies, AutoCAD, SAP, MES
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Industrial Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $85k–$125k.
Median of the low and high ends of 80 live postings that list pay, out of 386 industrial engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 19 other live industrial postings in Florida.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 6+)
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Time studies 25%
- ✓ MES 25%
- ✓ Lean 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: L3Harris in Palm Bay
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Support the development and optimization of production schedules, routings, and capacity models to meet program and factory goals.
- ◆Perform detailed workflow analyses and facilities planning to improve throughput and reduce operational waste.
- ◆Analyze production data to identify bottlenecks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
- ◆Create visual management tools, metrics, and dashboards using Excel, PowerApps, or Power BI to support daily decision ‑ making.
- ◆Assist in designing efficient factory layouts, workcells, and material flow strategies using industrial engineering methods and tools such as AutoCAD.
- ◆Contribute to process improvement initiatives focused on productivity, standard work, cost reduction, and variability reduction.
- ◆Participate in cross ‑ functional project teams supporting Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Program Management, and Engineering.
- ◆Support production readiness, make/buy planning, and capacity evaluations for new programs or rate changes.
- ◆Document processes, create work instructions, and help develop standard operating procedures that support manufacturing excellence.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering, or related field with 4 years of relevant experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or production operations ; Graduate Degree with 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- ✓Strong analytical and problem ‑ solving skills with the ability to work with production data and derive actionable insights.
- ✓Working knowledge of industrial engineering concepts such as facilities planning, line balancing, takt time analysis, and standard work.
- ✓Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, PowerApps, or Power BI.
- ✓Familiarity with layout creation and workflow design tools (AutoCAD or similar).
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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial Engineer)
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Industrial Engineer to join our Space and Mission Systems Industrial Engineering team in support of manufacturing operations for mission ‑ critical products. This role is well ‑ suited for engineers who enjoy solving complex production challenges, applying data ‑ driven insights, and improving factory performance through thoughtful analysis and hands ‑ on engineering.
As an Industrial Engineer Level 3, you will develop production plans, analyze workflows, and support factory optimization initiatives that enhance cost, schedule, and quality outcomes. You will work closely with cross ‑ functional partners to drive improvements using industrial engineering fundamentals, factory planning, and modern analytics tools.
This position is located in our Palm Bay, FL facility: https://careers.l3harris.com/en/florida
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Ability to collaborate effectively across teams in a fast ‑ paced manufacturing environment.
- +Strong communication skills and comfort presenting findings to technical and non ‑ technical audiences.
- +Industrial Engineering degree strongly preferred.
- +Experience with MRP/ERP systems such as SAP or similar platforms.
- +Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- +Exposure to simulation tools or modeling approaches (e.g., discrete ‑ event simulation).
- +Familiarity with lean manufacturing, value stream mapping, or continuous improvement methodologies.
- +Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.
- +Familiarity with AI development tools such as Codex.