NPI Engineer: Hands-On Prototyping to Production

Holt Engineering; Fareham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering is seeking an experienced NPI Engineer to join the Technical Services team. The role drives new product introductions from prototype and validation through to reliable manufacturing, ensuring documentation, validation evidence and training are prepared for production handover.

The successful candidate will work across design, production and cross-functional teams, tackling manufacturability issues early, developing robust manufacturing methods, and supporting tooling and test

Responsibilities

• Managing the introduction of new products into production
• Identifying and resolving manufacturability issues before full-rate production
• Supporting NRE estimates and pre-sales design activities
• Preparing NPI build plans for OIB and pilot builds
• Developing detailed manufacturing work instructions using build photographs and learnings from initial assemblies
• Designing and developing tooling, fixtures and supporting documentation
• Supporting process FMEAs
• Participating in design reviews and recommending improvements to manufacturability, assembly methods and cost
• Defining product and process acceptance criteria, including pass/fail criteria and test limits
• Developing robust, repeatable and efficient manufacturing methods
• Building new products and prototypes with minimal or no previous instruction
• Analysing build and test failures and recommending corrective actions
• Recording and reporting bugs, non-conformances and technical issues
• Supporting root-cause investigations
• Training manufacturing personnel on new products and processes
• Supporting development verification testing on industrial computers, tablets and IT rack products

Job description

Holt Engineering is seeking an experienced NPI Engineer to join the Technical Services team. The role drives new product introductions from prototype and validation through to reliable manufacturing, ensuring documentation, validation evidence and training are prepared for production handover.

The successful candidate will work across design, production and cross-functional teams, tackling manufacturability issues early, developing robust manufacturing methods, and supporting tooling and test