Lead, Continuous Improvement Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Huntsville • Alabama • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Apply Lean and continuous improvement methods directly within manufacturing operations.
- Facilitate Kaizen events, value stream mapping, and standard work development.
- Improve flow, reduce waste, and strengthen operational stability.
- Embed daily management, visual management, and leader standard work.
- Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Process leaders to ensure improvements support built-in quality.
- Coach leaders and teams on continuous improvement behaviors and mindset.
- Sustain gains through metrics, standardization, and follow-up.
- Share best practices and lessons learned across manufacturing sites.
- Up to 30% business travel to L3Harris manufacturing sites.
- Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 9 years of prior quality engineering experience;
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior quality engineering experience;
- In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior quality engineering experience.
- 4+ years experience applying continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.
- 4+ years facilitation & coaching experience in a professional work environment.
- 4+ years experience working directly with shop-floor teams.
- 2+ years APQP and Process Control experience.
- Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification(s).
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Hard Skills & Tools
Lean methodscontinuous improvementKaizenvalue stream mappingstandard work developmentmetricsstandardizationAPQPProcess Controlquality engineering
Soft Skills
coachingfacilitationteam collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipmindset developmentbest practices sharingoperational stabilitywaste reduction
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green BeltLean Six Sigma Black Belt