Manufacturing / NPI Engineer

📋 Description

• Own the NPI funnel from RFQ to production
• Be the technical owner on every program that has a path to production
• Run structured DFM reviews on incoming production candidates
• Define the process to move a part from prototype tooling to production tooling
• Partner with the customer's engineering team on design questions, alternative materials, and
• Own FAI, qualification, and quality protocols

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering, NPI, or production engineering experience
• Experience running an NPI program from DFM through PPAP / FAI / qualification through ramp to volume
• Hands-on experience with configuration control and revision management
• Fluent in FAI, control plans, inspection plans, and quality protocols (AS9102 / PPAP / ISIR)
• Exposure to multiple manufacturing processes - CNC machining, sheet metal, injection molding
• Ability to run a technical project: timelines, gate reviews, RAID logs, stakeholder management