NPI Engineering Manager

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The NPI Engineering Manager leads the New Product Introduction engineering team responsible for bringing new and transferred products into serial production. This role owns industrialization, process and product validation, and launch readiness from early design input through pilot builds, first-of-kind production, start of production and rate ramp. The manager is accountable for delivering assigned programs on time, at target cost, at required quality and at committed capacity, and for the readiness evidence leadership relies on to authorize production.

The role leads a team of NPI engineers, project engineers and technicians, and works daily with Design Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance and EH&S. Scope includes new production lines and line conversions, tooling and equipment, capital execution, workstation and material-presentation design, standard work and operator training, and the handoff into sustaining operations. Performance is measured by launch and gate adherence, first-pass yield and defects per unit at launch, supplier and material readiness to clear-to-build, unit cost and labor hours against plan, capital spend against approved budget, and line rate achieved against designed rate.

• Leads, staffs and develops the NPI engineering team, setting priorities, workload balance, decision rights and escalation triggers across concurrent programs.
• Owns manufacturing and launch readiness for assigned programs from design input through pilot, first-of-kind build, start of production and rate ramp.
• Represents Operations in phase-gate and design reviews, presenting readiness status, risk, and the evidence required to authorize production.
• Owns APQP, PFMEA, control plan, PPAP and process-validation execution, and drives design-for-manufacturability input before design freeze.
• Directs industrialization of new lines and line conversions: process flow, layout, takt and line balance, labor models, tooling, fixtures, equipment and run-test capability.
• Plans and executes capital and tooling projects, including justification, specification, supplier selection, installation, commissioning and run-off to qualified rate.
• Manages program budgets, engineering resources, schedules and risk-mitigation plans, and escalates constraints with options and a recommendation.
• Drives material and supplier readiness with Supply Chain and Quality, including BOM accuracy, PPAP completion, first-article approval and clear-to-build status.
• Coordinates pilot runs, validation builds and production transfer with cross-functional teams, closing known-not-perfect issues and build-quality findings before ramp.
• Establishes routings, standard work, work instructions, operator training and certification requirements, and ergonomic and job-hazard reviews for new processes.
• Governs engineering change during launch, ensuring configuration control and disciplined implementation into production.
• Executes…