Director of NPDI Quality: Launch-Ready Quality Leadership

Panelmatic-Inc.-1; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA

Employer-sponsored life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid PTO and holidays

Educational reimbursement

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Panelmatic, Inc. seeks a Director of NPDI Quality to oversee quality planning, independent gate governance, and risk assurance for new product introductions. The role ensures traceability of customer and regulatory requirements throughout NPDI, while engineering maintains design authority.

The position leads NPDI quality readiness from prototype to launch, coordinating with Engineering, Test, and Manufacturing Quality, and guiding supplier qualification and MFQA handoffs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressive quality experience in engineered-product or manufacturing environments, including NPDI/NPI leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish NPDI quality plans, gate exit criteria, and standard quality checklists across product families.
• Provide independent Quality assessment at each gate; recommend go/conditional go/hold.
• Ensure customer, regulatory, reliability, and critical-to-quality requirements are traceable in NPDI.
• Facilitate DFMEA, product-risk assessments, and lessons learned while Engineering retains technical ownership.
• Review DVP&R/test plans and results for coverage, traceability, and evidence completeness.
• Partner with Engineering, R&D, and Test; ensure quality readiness before launch.
• Lead quality readiness for prototype through launch and handoff to manufacturing quality.
• Integrate supplier quality deliverables into NPDI gates with Supplier Quality and PPAP/FAI.
• Lead NPDI Quality Engineers and set competency standards.

Skills

Quality leadership

NPDI quality

DFMEA/PFMEA

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

ISO 9001

Technical influencing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or related field

10+ years quality leadership in engineered products or manufacturing

Tools

ERP

PLM

eQMS

Quality data systems

Job description

Panelmatic, Inc. seeks a Director of NPDI Quality to oversee quality planning, independent gate governance, and risk assurance for new product introductions. The role ensures traceability of customer and regulatory requirements throughout NPDI, while engineering maintains design authority.

The position leads NPDI quality readiness from prototype to launch, coordinating with Engineering, Test, and Manufacturing Quality, and guiding supplier qualification and MFQA handoffs.