NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer

NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.

We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

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Job Description:

The NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer is responsible for driving the manufacturing introduction, industrialization, and production readiness of new products within outsourced and ODM manufacturing environments.

This role focuses on developing scalable manufacturing processes, production test solutions, product configurations, factory readiness plans, and capacity models to ensure successful product launches and efficient high-volume production.

Working closely with R&D, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, Packaging Engineering, and manufacturing partners, the engineer serves as the primary manufacturing lead during NPI programs, ensuring products are manufacturable, testable, configurable, and operationally ready for mass production.

The role also supports sustaining engineering activities, including yield improvement, quality enhancement, process optimization, and cost reduction initiatives throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

New Product Introduction (NPI) & Manufacturing Readiness



* Lead manufacturing introduction and industrialization activities for new products from development through production ramp.


* Develop and maintain product BOM structures and support engineering change orders (ECOs) for top-level assemblies.


* Define and implement product configurations, bundle options, CTO (Configure-to-Order), and BTS (Build-to-Stock) requirements.


* Validate first article builds and assesses manufacturing, configuration, and pack-out readiness.


* Coordinate product launch activities with R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, and manufacturing partners.


* Serve as the manufacturing representative throughout all phases of NPI and product ramp.

Factory Industrialization & Process Development



* Design and implement scalable manufacturing processes suitable for high-volume production.


* Define manufacturing process flows, operational requirements, and line layouts.


* Drive production line setup and factory readiness activities at contract manufacturing and ODM sites.


* Conduct ti...