NPI Engineer

Thales; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Nederland is seeking an NPI Engineer to bridge design and production, ensuring PCBA manufacturability and smooth volume ramp-up. You will coordinate with engineering, purchasing, and supply chain to keep timelines and quality on track.

The role emphasizes proactive problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, and clear communication in English. Join a leading defense technology team in Hengelo.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics.
• Proactive and creative in shortening time-to-market and reducing cost.
• Background in engineering or production environment.
• Independent but collaborative mindset.
• Creative, enterprising and problem-solving.
• Enthusiastic and persistent with good communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Be the technical and logistic interface between engineering and industry.
• Oversee manufacturing processes, develop product documentation, coordinate cross-functional teams, ensure quality standards.

Skills

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering

Job description

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About Us

Thales Nederland is active in the Defense and Security sectors and is, with about 2000 employees, a top provider of high-tech jobs. Product innovation and swift anticipation of the newest technological possibilities are the mainsprings of our business. Thales Nederland is a world leader in the naval radar market, producing high-tech radar systems that continuously push technology boundaries. These radar systems consist of active electronically scanned phased array antennas that combine different technological disciplines at high levels of integration. Thales Nederland is part of the Thales Group, which has a workforce of 70,000 in more than 50 countries making it one of Europe’s largest electronics companies.

NPI Engineer

About The Job

In a dynamic environment, the NPI (New Product Introduction) engineer is the interface between development and the supply chain and responsible for guiding a product's transition from the design and prototyping phase to full-scale, volume production. You bridge the gap between product design and manufacturing, ensuring that PCBAs can be made efficiently and effectively in volume. To accomplish this, you are working in a multidisciplinary team with engineering, purchasing and supply chain. Your main tasks are:

• Be the technical and logistic interface between engineering and industry;
• Overseeing manufacturing processes, developing product documentation, coordinating cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with quality standards;
• Also driving continuous improvements to make new products manufacturable and cost-effective.
• Long lead items management with suppliers;
• Keep track on outstanding orders, ensure pro-active communication to the development teams on the status and progress.
• Resolve technical issues with suppliers to ensure smooth manufacturing and delivery.

About You

• Bachelor Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics Engineering;
• You are proactive and creative in finding way to shorten time-to-market and reduce cost;
• You have a background in an engineering or production environment;
• You are independent but not individual;
• You are creative, enterprising and problem solving;
• You are an enthusiastic and persistent personality with good communication skills;
• You are fluent in English.