NPD Engineering Manager

The New Product Development (NPD) Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end development of innovative products from concept through production, ensuring they meet performance, quality, cost, and schedule goals. This role oversees and mentors a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering a high-performance culture and actively developing technical talent to support both product needs.

The NPD Engineering Manager plays a critical role in driving technical excellence, project execution, and cross-functional collaboration with product management, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.

As An NPD Engineering Manager You Will

• Be responsible for management of multi-facility global design teams in a Stage-Gate process.
• Coordinate the activities of mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to complete designs, build test units, and create documentation.
• Responsible for managing resources within the departmental team to be in line with workload and schedule commitments on projects, delegating/allocating tasks and responsibilities to team members
• Develop schedules, coordinate and manage projects of all complexity levels with little to no supervision.
• Responsible for preparation and monitoring of project budgets in area of responsibility.
• Responsible for departmental project designs meet requirements of specification and standards while promoting error-proof assembly.
• Responsible for coordination with specification writers to ensure project feasibility.
• Ensure design personnel utilize Lean design and manufacturing processes and follow good design control practices.
• Deliver innovate designs that meet profit, cost, quality, and time-to-market metrics.
• Oversee construction and testing of prototype components or assemblies as required in the development and approval process.
• Ensure designs follow established procedures for creation and maintenance of CAD databases and libraries.
• Participate in the review of engineering drawings prior to the release to manufacture. Responsible for final approval of applicable drawings.
• Responsible for proactively identifying and mitigating risks to the project.
• Be responsible for development test plan creation based on D/PFMEA and in line with project specifications, industry standards, and G&W reliability and validation requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring testing is in line with the test plan and meets or exceeds G&W requirements.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting on the new and existing products and processes
• Work with third party vendors and/or partners to develop high quality, lowest cost design options.
• Interface with purchasing and vendors in the selection and approval of component parts and assemblies.
• Prepare written documentation of processes, material requirements, test results and project activity as required. Create / revise G&W standards as needed.
• Continuously improve engineering processes including DFX, project and product costs, quality, and project lead times.
• Participate in industry organizations (associations, standards committees, etc) to stay informed of and to influence industry activities.
• Provide Engineering support to Sales/Marketing and Manufacturing on new and existing products and processes. Help to train departmental teams on the application and customer use of G&W products.
• Consult with Customer representatives to discuss product requirements and specifications when design or manufacturing problems are involved
• Develop direct reports’ work skills to improve department quality, throughput and to reduce scrap/rework. Work with individuals regarding company competencies and personal growth plans.
• Responsible for rating performance of subordinates against job requirements, established goals, and company competencies.
• Coaches, mentors and influences others within departmental structure while reinforcing the corporate mission, vision, and values.
• Educate and mentor to develop technical skill sets.
• Encourage innovative thought processes and “out of the box” thinking for design and manufacturing processes.
• May perform other duties as assigned.
• As a Leader, be responsible for hire/fire decisions; performance appraisals;…