Manufacturing Engineer -(New Product Introduction)

Manufacturing Engineer - New Product Introduction Engineer

Reports To: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Department: Operations / Manufacturing Engineering

Position Summary

The New Product Industrialization Engineer is responsible for leading the transition of new products from design and development into full-scale manufacturing.

This role serves as the key interface between Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations to ensure products are designed for manufacturability, assembled efficiently, and launched successfully while meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost requirements.

The engineer will drive manufacturing readiness activities, develop production processes, coordinate equipment and tooling requirements, and support initial production builds through successful ramp-up to volume manufacturing.

What will you do?

Key Responsibilities

New Product Introduction (NPI)


* Lead manufacturing industrialization activities for new product launches.


* Participate in cross-functional product development teams from concept through production release.


* Develop and execute manufacturing launch plans and readiness assessments.


* Coordinate prototype, pilot, and production validation builds.


* Establish manufacturing strategies to support product cost, quality, and delivery targets.

Manufacturing Process Development


* Design and implement efficient manufacturing and assembly processes.


* Develop process flow diagrams, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.


* Determine labor, tooling, equipment, and facility requirements.


* Conduct time studies and line balancing activities.


* Support automation and process optimization initiatives.

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)


* Collaborate with Product Engineering to ensure designs support manufacturability and assembly efficiency.


* Identify and resolve manufacturing risks during product development.


* Lead Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly reviews.


* Recommend design changes that improve quality, cost, reliability, and throughput.

Production Launch & Validation


* Lead product validation activities as required.


* Coordinate process qualifications and capability studies.


* Support manufacturing trials and process validation activities.


* Drive closure of launch-related issues and corrective actions.

Tooling and Equipment Management


* Define manufacturing equipment and tooling requirements.


* Support specification, procurement, installation, and validation of production equipment.


* Coordinate with suppliers and internal resources to ensure launch timing requirements are met.


* Manage capital projects associated with new product introductions.

Quality and Continuous Improvement


* Support PFMEA development and control plan creation.


* Drive root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.


* Monitor launch metri...