Manufacturing NPI Engineer III

Ott; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Generous PTO

Medical/dental/vision care

401(k) with company match

Career development

Collaborative culture

Growth within Veralto network

Job summary

OTT HydroMet, a Veralto company, is seeking a Manufacturing NPI Engineer III to bridge Product Development and Production. You will design scalable processes, tooling, and production methods to enable successful product launches and efficient ramp-up.

Reporting to the Production Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with R&D, Quality, and Operations to ensure manufacturability, serviceability, and long-term production readiness across Fort Collins, Colorado, on-site.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing, production engineering, process engineering, or related experience.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), product launches, or manufacturing transfers.
• Lean Manufacturing, root cause analysis, and process engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead NPI projects from concept through full production release.
• Partner with R&D to ensure manufacturability and quality for long-term production success.
• Design scalable manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and production methods for new products.
• Drive readiness activities, process validation, and ramp-up efforts.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations to establish standards.

Skills

NPI experience

Lean Manufacturing

Cross-functional teamwork

Process design

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

MES systems

Capital equipment planning

Job description

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Helping bring innovative technologies from concept into production and seeing your work come to life in products used around the world.

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Helping bring innovative technologies from concept into production and seeing your work come to life in products used around the world.

It's possible with a role at OTT HydroMet, where you'll have the chance to shape the future of your career and help safeguard one of our planet's most vital resources.

At OTT HydroMet, a Veralto company, you'll help protect the world's water resources with trusted, decision-ready intelligence. Join a team delivering technologies that help customers monitor water quality, predict environmental events, and make smarter decisions to protect communities and natural resources.

As part of OTT and the broader Veralto network, you'll do work that matters while building your skills and growing your career.

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Generous paid time off
• Medical, dental, vision, and wellness benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Career development and training opportunities
• Collaborative and mission-driven culture
• Opportunities for growth within Veralto's global network of operating companies

About The Opportunity

Reporting to the Production Engineering Manager, the Manufacturing NPI Engineer III plays a critical role in bringing innovative new products into manufacturing. This position serves as the bridge between Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations, helping transform new designs into stable, efficient, and scalable production processes.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manufacturing engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing product manufacturability early in the development process, and designing the processes, tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing systems that enable successful product launches.

This position is part of the Production Engineering team located in Fort Collins, Colorado and will be onsite.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Leading New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from concept through full production release.
• Partnering closely with R&D teams to ensure products are designed for manufacturability, serviceability, quality, and long-term production success.
• Designing scalable manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and production methods that support successful product launches.
• Driving manufacturing readiness activities, process validation, and production ramp-up efforts.
• Using quality data, MRB trends, and root cause analysis techniques to improve yield, reduce defects, and strengthen process performance.
• Implementing Lean Manufacturing initiatives that improve throughput, reduce waste, and support operational excellence.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to establish standards, resolve technical challenges, and ensure production readiness.
• Contributing technical expertise to capital equipment planning, capacity planning, and manufacturing investment decisions.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of manufacturing, production engineering, process engineering, or related experience.
• Proven experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI), product launches, or manufacturing transfers from development through production release.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing methodologies, root cause analysis, and process engineering principles within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, and Product Development.

Nice to Have

• Design for Manufacturability (DFM) or Design for Serviceability (DFS) experience.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Experience with SPC, Cpk, Gage R&R, and statistical process control tools.
• Experience with ERP or MES systems.
• Experience with tooling, fixture design, automation, or manufacturing test systems.
• Experience supporting capital equipment justification and production capacity planning.

Why This Role Is Different

Rather than supporting only existing production lines, you'll help define how future products are built. You'll work directly with development teams to create the manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and production strategies that transform ideas into reliable, scalable products used by customers around the world.

Your work will have a direct impact on product quality, manufacturability, and speed to market while supporting technologies that help protect water resources and build a more sustainable future.

OTT HydroMet is proud to be part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's global network of associates, you join a culture where purpose meets possibility, where your work has an everyday impact, and where you'll have opportunities to deepen your expertise, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career.

Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources.

US ONLY:

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $108,000 - $115,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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