NPI Manufacturing Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer
New Product Introduction (NPI) Manufacturing Engineer
Join nVent as a New Product Introduction (NPI) Manufacturing Engineer and play a key role in bringing innovative products to life. You'll lead NPI processes from program kickoff through Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Safe Launch Containment, and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs). Using your engineering expertise, you'll apply lessons learned and anticipate new challenges to ensure products are safe, scalable, and built for success.
Collaborate with multi-functional teams—Design, Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain—to drive launch excellence and deliver exceptional customer satisfaction.
*** This role will work onsite, 5 days a week in Anoka and/or Blaine MN. ***
What You Will Experience In This Role:
- Lead manufacturing projects from start to finish, including creating project plans, managing budgets, and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Participate in project kick-off meetings, ensuring internal requirements, layout data, and customer-specific needs are met; analyze statistical process control (SPC) data and reduce risk priority numbers (RPN).
- Align product design with manufacturing processes and customer requirements to scale production while meeting exacting quality standards.
- Document program results and ensure compliance with internal and external requirements, including deviations.
- Develop key Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) outputs:
Capability Studies, Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA), inspection instructions, and collaborating with quality in the development of control plans. - Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to develop fixtures and job aids for smooth production launches.
- Contribute to innovative solutions for sophisticated product and process challenges.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or other related technical degree required.
- Ideal candidates will meet one of the following:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 3+ years as an Engineer OR Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant manufacturing experience. - Strong understanding of NPI principles, including handling ECNs and integrating changes into quality planning.
- Experience working with quality on Control Plans, including conducting FMEAs and process flow diagrams.
- Understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings; skilled in CAD tools such as Solid Works or AutoCAD.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 and other regulatory requirements.
Pay Transparency
nVent's pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply. Compensation Range:
$76,000.00 - $
Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.
We Have:
A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at
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