NPI Engineering Lead for Medical Devices

Forj Medical; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Forj Medical in Vadnais Heights, MN, seeks an Engineering Manager / NPI Lead to provide technical and people leadership for new-product introduction at the site. You will own the NPI engineering system from feasibility through tooling, process development, validation, launch, and transfer to sustaining operations.

Build capability, set priorities, and partner with customers and cross-functional leaders to deliver high-quality medical-device manufacturing solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field required.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Eight+ years of progressive engineering experience with NPI, product development, tooling, or MES preferred.
• Three+ years of formal people-leadership or significant technical-team leadership experience preferred.
• Experience launching injection-molded products and processes from concept through validated production required.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and evaluate the NPI engineering team with clear roles and goals.
• Own the VH site NPI operating model from intake to handoff to sustaining operations.
• Provide technical direction for injection-molded products, molds, processes, and validation strategies.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Cost Estimating during quoting to ensure feasibility and risks are understood.
• Build strong customer relationships and serve as escalation point for technical decisions and risks.
• Align capacity, priorities, and execution with site leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Ensure compliance with quality system, design-transfer, and regulatory standards.
• Establish and monitor performance measures for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Drive problem-solving, design-for-manufacturability, and production-readiness discipline.
• Manage engineering resources, OPEX, capital needs, and external suppliers.

Skills

NPI leadership

Injection molding

Process development

Validation

Production transfer

Risk management

Cross-functional influence

Customer-facing communication

Budgeting / capital planning

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Plastics/Biomedical/Industrial Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Forj Medical in Vadnais Heights, MN, seeks an Engineering Manager / NPI Lead to provide technical and people leadership for new-product introduction at the site. You will own the NPI engineering system from feasibility through tooling, process development, validation, launch, and transfer to sustaining operations.

Build capability, set priorities, and partner with customers and cross-functional leaders to deliver high-quality medical-device manufacturing solutions.