NPI Specialist

Position: 08 - NPI Specialist
Req

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

State/Province:
Texas

City:  Richardson

** General Overview*
* *
* Functional Area:

** ENG - Engineering

** Career Stream:
** NPI - New Product Introduction

** Role:
** Specialist

** SAP Short Name:
** SPE

*
* Job Title:

** NPI Specialist

** Job Code:
** SPE-ENG-NPI

** Job Level:
** Band 08

** Direct/Indirect Indicator:
** Indirect

** Summary*
* Incumbents apply in-depth knowledge in a specific area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals.

Works under minimum Supervision. Seeks approval from others on matters outside of job/role scope. Receives instruction on specific assignment objectives and possible solutions. Unusual problems are solved jointly with manager. Work is reviewed for application of sound technical judgment. May lead a work group or project team consisting of technical and support staff. Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.

** Detailed Description*
* Perform tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

+ Primary role is to provide the necessary engineering support and coordination of prototype build to ensure that new assemblies are completed on time and on budget.

+ Also to provide feedback to appropriate engineering and support groups to ensure smooth transition from prototype to production.

+ Reviews and interprets customer specifications.

+ Proposes solutions to meet customer specifications including product architecture, schedules, technical risks and assumptions, resource requirements, etc.

+ Provide mechanical tool design support to all business units within Celestica.

+ Designs, lays out, and implements new manufacturing and test processes to support capacity expansion projects.

+ Develops and implements continuous flow concepts and/or Theory of Constraints methodology to drive drown product cycle time.

+ Serves as the program/project interface to coordinate new product launches / introductions.

+ Translates customer requirements into factory activities, provides factory activity time estimates for pricing model, documents associated factory support activities, and develops preliminary program timeline for customer quote.

** Knowledge/Skills/Competencies*
* + Engineering Foundation Competencies

+ In-depth knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards, subassemblies, or other related company products.

+ In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment used for systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.

+ In-depth knowledge of industry and quality standards and SPC methodologies.

+ In-depth knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.

+ In-depth knowledge of material science, robotics, machine programming.

+ In-depth knowledge of product pricing, contracts and contract negotiations.

+ Excellent customer contact, negotiation and problem resolution skills.

+ Good presentation, database management and computer skills.

+ Strong knowledge of statistical process control methods and techniques.

+ Knowledge and understanding of the design process for printed circuit boards.

+ Ability to design tests, evaluate results and recommend solutions to improve the processes associated with SMT manufacturing.

+ Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems.

+ Strong knowledge of IT platforms, database design and programming languages.

+ Strong knowledge of some or all of the following: UNIX, NT, database management system.

+ Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems.

+ Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and coordinate multiple, changing deadlines.

+ Ability to…