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Sr. Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial Engineer)

L3Harris · Palm Bay, FL

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Level
Senior
Team
Industrial
Degree
Required
Experience asked
6+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
Yesterday

The role in 30 seconds

A senior industrial role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Palm Bay, FL. Develop, optimize, and maintain sophisticated production plans, schedules, and capacity models that support cost, schedule, and delivery objectives.

They ask for
6+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Lean, Automation, Casting, Time studies, AutoCAD, SAP

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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
More than usual (6+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ 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.

It asks for 6+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: L3Harris in Palm Bay

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Essential Functions

  • ◆Develop, optimize, and maintain sophisticated production plans, schedules, and capacity models that support cost, schedule, and delivery objectives.
  • ◆Analyze large, complex data sets to identify constraints, uncover trends, and propose data driven improvements to production processes.
  • ◆Create predictive models (forecasting, throughput modeling, operations research techniques) to support long range planning and resource allocation.
  • ◆Design and optimize factory layouts, workflows, and workcells using industrial engineering fundamentals, simulation tools, and lean methodologies.
  • ◆Build automated dashboards and analytics tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Power BI) to improve visibility, decision-making, and real time performance tracking.
  • ◆Lead process improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, reduce variability, and increase operational efficiency.
  • ◆Collaborate cross functionally with Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Program Management, and Engineering to ensure alignment between production

requirements

and business objectives.

  • ✓Mentor junior engineers and production planners on best practices in analytics, modeling, and industrial engineering methods.
  • ✓Stay current with emerging technologies, advanced manufacturing methods, and data science trends to continuously improve engineering practices.

Qualifications

  • ✓Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering, or related field with 6 years prior relevant experience, Graduate Degree with 4 years prior experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
  • ✓Demonstrated experience as an Industrial Engineer with strong analytical and quantitative skills.
  • ✓Proven ability to conduct complex production planning, scheduling, and capacity analysis.
  • ✓High proficiency in data analytics, including hands on experience with Python, SQL, forecasting models, simulation tools, and dashboarding platforms such as Power BI.
  • ✓Expertise in applying industrial engineering principles to optimize manufacturing systems (facilities planning, line balancing, standard work, resource modeling, etc.).

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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: Senior 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 an innovative and analytically driven Senior Industrial Engineer to join our dynamic Industrial Engineering team. In this high ‑ impact role, you will blend classical industrial engineering methods with modern data analytics to design, optimize, and scale production systems for mission ‑ critical aerospace and defense products.

This position is ideal for engineers who are as comfortable building predictive models and dashboards as they are executing factory ‑ floor studies, developing layouts, and performing deep ‑ dive capacity analyses. You will influence production strategy, drive automation of analytical workflows, and help shape the future state of manufacturing at L3Harris.

This position is located in our Palm Bay, FL facility: https://careers.l3harris.com/en/florida

Preferred Additional Skills

  • +Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity in fast paced manufacturing environments.
  • +Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across functions.
  • +Industrial Engineering degree strongly preferred.
  • +Experience with MRP/ERP systems such as SAP or similar platforms.
  • +Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
  • +Experience with AutoCAD for facility and workflow design.
  • +Ability to obtain a DoD clearance.
  • +Background in mentoring, project management, or leading cross-functional initiatives.
  • +Experience with throughput simulation, discrete-event modeling, or advanced operations research methods.
  • +Familiarity with lean manufacturing, digital manufacturing, or Industry 4.0 initiatives.
  • +Familiarity with AI development tools such as Codex.

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