New Product Integration (NPI) Engineer

LVMH Group; Cumberland (RI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiffany & Co. is seeking an experienced NPI Engineer to establish robust, repeatable manufacturing specifications for new designs across the development lifecycle. You will work with NPI Project Leads to manage timelines, define routing, offsets, and validate processes against CRD documentation.

The role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and proficiency with CAD tools. You will contribute to production readiness during the first 6 months post-launch and craft

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 5 years of related experience.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and communicate effectively.
• Proficiency with CAD software (Rhino, Solidworks, Mastercam) and MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Define and document initial routing and manufacturing offsets for new designs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and Project Leads to ensure alignment with CRD documentation.
• Lead engineering phases during development and support production test runs post-launch.
• Prepare work instructions with manufacturing and process teams.
• Present status reports and maintain historical data libraries.
• Participate in product development meetings and collaborate across departments.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

CAD software

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Rhino

Solidworks

Mastercam

Job description

The New Product Integration (NPI) Engineer establishes robust, repeatable manufacturing specifications for all new designs across the development lifecycle. Working alongside NPI Project Leads who manage timelines and project milestones the Engineer provides cross-functional teams with initial routing recommendations, determines manufacturing offsets, and verifies process calculations. Additionally, the Engineer partners with Project Leads to ensure Hard Prototypes and Production TestRuns strictly align with critical requirements defined in the JDIW-supplied CRDdocumentation.

Key Accountabilities

• Commit to safe work procedures at all times.Adhere to all site-specific safety regulations.
• Promptly report hazards or incidents to management.Provide active safety leadership amongteams peers
• Support the NPI process for new products and dual-sourcing projects.
• Lead engineering phases during development.Support manufacturing teams for the first 6 months post-launch.
• Author product-specific work instructions with manufacturing and process teams.
• Collaborate with Project Leads on initial plans and process maps.
• Deliver timely engineering updates throughout development.
• Define technical tasks for approved manufacturing processes.
• Submit and track tool room and print requests for fixturing. Validate fixturing and processes with cross-functional members.
• Inspect and measurecomponentry, assemblies, and samples using supplier submittal forms
• Facilitate collaboration across departments to ensure successful execution.
• Engage stakeholders including CAD/CAM, Quality, Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Finance, and JDIW.
• Present and contribute actively at all product development meetings
• Compile technical data to prepare project status reports and presentations.
• Maintain historical data libraries to optimize future projects.
• Reduce developmental trial-and-error by leveraging baseline metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 5 years of related experience
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong communication skills: verbal, written and presentation
• Proficiency or comfort with CAD software (Rhino, Solidworks, Mastercam)
• Proficiency in MicrosoftOffice(Word, Excel, Project and OneNote)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of modern jewelry manufacturing techniques
• Understanding of basic statistical tools: Minitab preferable
• Six Sigma Certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany in New York City, Tiffany & Co. is one of the world’s most prestigious houses for jewelry and accessories. Love has been the driving force of Tiffany & Co. since its inception, uniting the jeweler’s core values of inventiveness, craft and joy in designs that endure across generations.
As a global pioneer in the art of fine jewelry, Tiffany has spent almost two centuries perfecting its craft and setting benchmarks within the industry. It is through this unwavering vow to excellence and expertise, to heritage and innovation, to optimism and possibility that Tiffany continues its legacy, creating designs that inspire people to express and celebrate the many facets of love.

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