NPI Engineering Program Manager for Large-Scale Machinery

Johnson Controls; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls in Burlington, MA is seeking an Engineering Program Manager for New Product Introduction to own the path from concept through production release for large industrial machines. You will coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain and commercial teams to plan, sequence, and drive execution with urgency.

You will shepherd hardware programs through stage-gate processes, manage ECOs, and maintain integrated schedules to keep multiple projects on time and on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in program or project management for hardware/physical products.
• Experience taking products through the full NPI lifecycle, from prototype through production launch.
• Experience managing programs involving large industrial machines or capital equipment.
• Direct experience managing engineering change orders (ECOs), including impact analysis, approval routing, and implementation tracking.
• Industry experience building program schedules, stage-gate documentation, and risk registers.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, and quality.
• Experience working with a range of vendors, contract manufacturers, machine builders, and suppliers.
• Understanding of core hardware development processes (design reviews, DFM/DFA, qualification testing, change control).

Responsibilities

• Manage the NPI process from end-to-end, starting with concept and design review through pilot builds, qualification, and production ramp up, for both products and large industrial machines.
• Drive manufacturing readiness activities across programs, including tooling and fixture readiness, work instructions, line layout, and capacity planning ahead of ramp.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering to plan and execute the installation, commissioning, and qualification of new large-scale machines on the production floor.
• Manage multiple complex programs simultaneously, balancing shared resources, overlapping timelines, and competing priorities across the portfolio.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules, tracking critical path, dependencies, and risk across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain workstreams.
• Own the engineering change order (ECO) process for programs in flight — initiating, routing, and tracking ECOs, and coordinating impact assessments across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain.
• Evaluate the cost, schedule, and technical impact of proposed design changes, and drive timely disposition decisions with stakeholders.
• Communicate project updates to engineering teams and management teams.
• Work cross-functionally to gather input and drive alignment from many different stakeholders across multiple systems and teams.
• Write and maintain program documentation including stage-gate criteria, program plans, ECO logs, manufacturing readiness checklists, and status reporting for leadership.
• Coordinate design reviews, build reviews, manufacturing readiness reviews, and other readiness gates, and drive closure of open action items.
• Work with 3rd party vendors, machine builders, and contract manufacturers to align timelines, tooling, and quality requirements.
• Contribute to failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and risk assessments alongside the engineering team.
• Identify bottlenecks early and drive pragmatic trade-off decisions to keep programs moving.

Skills

Program management

NPI lifecycle

Cross-functional collaboration

ECO management

Schedule planning

Risk management

Vendor management

DFM/ DFA understanding

Hardware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or related technical field

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Johnson Controls in Burlington, MA is seeking an Engineering Program Manager for New Product Introduction to own the path from concept through production release for large industrial machines. You will coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain and commercial teams to plan, sequence, and drive execution with urgency.

You will shepherd hardware programs through stage-gate processes, manage ECOs, and maintain integrated schedules to keep multiple projects on time and on