Episode 15: Brian Zamore - L3 Harris Technologies
Test Engineering and Leadership with Brian Zamore
Episode 15: Show Notes
Today’s guest is Brian Zamore, an Associate Manager of the engineering team at L3 Technologies. Brian joins us to speak about his journey in engineering, the processes and challenges at L3, and the lessons he has learned about being a good leader. We hear about how Brian cut his teeth in the industry, going from earning an electrical engineering degree to building servers, working on chipsets, manufacturing in aerospace, and much more before ending up as a test engineer and then working his way up at L3. You'll learn about the range of subject matter experts at L3 who come up with quick and unique solutions to the problems that the firm is tasked with solving. When it comes to challenges, Brian speaks to the issues we are facing with supply chains as well as a general lack of test engineers due to the field being so niched. From there, we get into the nuts and bolts of Brian’s typical day, the processes he has in place to maintain efficiency and productivity, equipment and safety protocols at L3, and more. Finally, we talk to our guest about leadership, where he emphasizes the importance of empathy and shares the resources he is using to become a better manager every day.
Key Points From This Episode:
An introduction to L3 Harris and Brian’s role in the company.
Brian’s background in aerospace engineering and journey to his current role.
The biggest challenges now and in the next 10 years.
Whether the current supply chain and labor shortage challenges are temporary.
What process changes L3Harris Technologies has made to deal with supply chain issues.
Leadership advice for those interested in pursuing a career similar to Brian’s.
Recommendations for resources to keep abreast with the engineering sphere.
The many mentors that Brian has and how they have helped him in his career.
Lessons that Brian has learned over the years around developing empathy.
Day-to-day challenges Brian faces in his position around personnel and more.
Design processes at L3 and what a typical day looks like for Brian.
Processes Brian has in place to maintain efficiency and productivity.
KPIs L3 uses to track progress and productivity.
Safety protocols specific to what Brian and his team do.
Equipment that Brian and his team use.
The one myth about the engineering side of manufacturing Brian wants to debunk.
The best way to connect with Brian online.
Tweetables:
“We have a team of very talented people and individuals on the company from different subject matter experts who are able to come up with quick turnaround, unique solutions to the problems that we’re tasked with to solve.” — Brian Zamore [0:01:33]
“The biggest challenge so far for everybody is just the supply chain. It has been so severely disrupted.” — Brian Zamore [0:06:27]
“Test engineering is such a niche field, I think that is hard to actually get a lot of people on the team, hiring becomes difficult because if you are a good test engineer worth your salt, somebody already has you on their staff or their payroll.” — Brian Zamore [0:14:35]
“A good leader essentially is empathetic. A good leader believes in the people and pretty much works from the people perspective and not their perspective.” — Brian Zamore [0:26:11]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
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