Manufacturing Engineer — NPI Lead & Process Excellence

LHH Recruitment Solutions; Park Ridge (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

PTO 80 hours and holidays

Job summary

LHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead new product introductions from concept through production in a U.S. manufacturing environment, coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes scalable process development, applying Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles, and ensuring production readiness while driving quality and cost improvements. Responsibilities include reviewing designs for manufacturability, developing BOMs and routings, prototyping,

Qualifications

• Experience with NPI and bringing products from concept to production.
• Strong knowledge of DFM, Lean, and process development.
• Experience creating manufacturing documentation like BOMs, work instructions, PFMEAs, and Control Plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from engineering release through production launch.
• Review designs, specifications, and customer requirements to ensure manufacturability.
• Develop manufacturing processes, work instructions, BOMs, routings, and production documentation.
• Coordinate prototype builds, pilot runs, validation testing, and product qualification activities.
• Develop tooling, fixtures, and automation solutions to improve efficiency and quality.
• Support DFM reviews and recommend design improvements that reduce cost and improve reliability.
• Drive root cause investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Quality teams on PFMEAs, Control Plans, FAI, and PPAP activities.
• Support customer technical reviews, production transfers, and engineering change management.

Skills

NPI

Manufacturing engineering

DFM

Lean Manufacturing

Process development

Continuous improvement

Root cause investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

CAD software

Job description

LHH Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to lead new product introductions from concept through production in a U.S. manufacturing environment, coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes scalable process development, applying Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles, and ensuring production readiness while driving quality and cost improvements. Responsibilities include reviewing designs for manufacturability, developing BOMs and routings, prototyping,