New Product Integration (NPI) Engineer

FashionUnited; Cumberland, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FashionUnited is seeking an NPI Engineer to establish repeatable manufacturing specifications for new designs across the development lifecycle. You’ll partner with NPI project leads to align prototypes, test runs and critical CRD documentation while providing routing recommendations and verified processes.

In this role, you will collaborate with CAD/CAM, Quality, Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Finance and JDIW to drive early manufacturing decisions, write work instructions, and deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 5 years of related experience.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Proficiency with CAD software (Rhino, SolidWorks, Mastercam) and MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with NPI team to define routing and manufacturing offsets.
• Lead development phases and support manufacturing for the first 6 months post-launch.
• Write product-specific work instructions with manufacturing and process teams.
• Create process maps and define technical tasks for approved processes.
• Maintain historical data libraries and prepare project status reports.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 5 years of related experience

Tools

Rhino

SolidWorks

Mastercam

Microsoft Office

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