Global NPI Engineering & Operations Leader

Empresa Confidencial; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Empresa Confidencial in the United States seeks an NPI Engineering & Operations Manager to lead the New Product Introduction process across a global manufacturing network. This highly technical, engineering-focused leadership role moves products from development through readiness and successful production launch.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations teams across the US, Vietnam, and China, ensuring manufacturability and scalable launches while upholding

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering/manufacturing experience, with 5–10 years strongly preferred.
• Proven experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) in manufacturing environments.
• Background in Manufacturing, Process, or Product Engineering.
• Experience moving products from development through launch and ramp-up.
• Hands-on knowledge of design for manufacturability (DFM).
• Experience with PFMEA/FMEA, Control Plans, FAI, and process validation.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional engineering, quality, manufacturing and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global New Product Introduction process from development to launch.
• Drive stage-gate / phase-gate milestones and production-readiness reviews.
• Partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations and Supply Chain.
• Apply DFM/DFA principles to identify and resolve manufacturing risks early.
• Lead PFMEA/FMEA, Control Plans, FAI, process validation and readiness activities.
• Coordinate prototypes, pilots, validation, ramp-up and transfer to production.
• Identify technical, quality, process and manufacturing risks and drive corrective actions.
• Support manufacturing transfers and product industrialization across locations.

Skills

NPI leadership

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

DFM DFA

PFMEA/FMEA

Process development

Product industrialization

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

PLM/ECO/ECN

Job description

Empresa Confidencial in the United States seeks an NPI Engineering & Operations Manager to lead the New Product Introduction process across a global manufacturing network. This highly technical, engineering-focused leadership role moves products from development through readiness and successful production launch.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations teams across the US, Vietnam, and China, ensuring manufacturability and scalable launches while upholding