Continuous Improvement Lead jobs

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.

• Provide leadership, guidance and mentorship of an engaged, high performing engineering operations team
• Enable data-driven decision making across all of Engineering
• Partner with Engineering senior leadership to translate objectives into roadmaps for engineering infrastructure and tools
• Own the strategy, roadmap, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of engineering platforms, including key areas such as:
  • AI Tools
    • Infrastructure and tools to support integration of AI technology into engineering processes that produce improvements to engineering efficiency
  • DevOps
    • Infrastructure and tools supporting efficient software and firmware delivery including Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and CI/CD (Jenkins) services
  • Engineering Applications
    • Infrastructure and tools supporting Configuration Management and other engineering-wide systems, such as Teamcenter
  • Engineering Reporting
    • Infrastructure and tools to deliver data, analytics and reporting that enables engineering-wide decision making, including the engineering labour database
• Establish good operating practices for the team including but not limited to:
  • Priority management
  • Project tracking
  • Code/design reviews
  • Application support
• Be responsible for project execution of all activities in their team throughout the entire project life cycle
• Actively contribute to infrastructure administration and tool development activities within their team where needed
• Develop positive working relationships across all engineering functions and Information Technology (IT)
• Partner with IT to align technology roadmaps, integrate enterprise platforms, and deliver solutions
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with technology vendors and service providers
• Provide metrics, reports and performance measures for your team’s results, including regular reporting to the Engineering Management Team.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams spanning DevOps, enterprise applications, and data analytics
• Experience integrating existing teams with newly established functions
• Experience managing strategic vendor relationships and influencing technology investment decisions.
• Experience with project management of complex software application development and roll-out
• Broad experience across software delivery platforms, engineering applications, and data analytics solutions, including but not limited to:
  • AI technologies applied to engineering and/or business processes
  • Source control and CI/CD applications such as Bitbucket and Jenkins
  • Business systems such as Teamcenter Unified, ERP-LN and MES
  • Business reporting solutions such as PowerBI and Grafana
  • Database solutions supporting data intelligence
  • Internal software-as-a-service application development and support
• Familiarity with industry best practices for software application development include source control management, Agile practices and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies
• Passion and experience with making Continuous Improvement and DevOps an integral part of an engineering organization
• Experience establishing strong relationships with leaders across the organization to influence priorities, align stakeholders and drive results
• Experience assessing and hiring the best talent for your team

• University degree or College diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline.
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Preference for demonstrated experience in project or people leadership

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  This posting is for a current vacancy. In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $126500-$176500

At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.