NPI Engineering Program Manager - Large-Scale Machinery

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. in Burlington, MA is seeking an Engineering Program Manager for New Product Introduction to own the journey from concept through full production release, including large industrial machines.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial teams to plan, sequence, and drive execution of new product and machine programs. You will manage multiple complex programs, maintain schedules, ECOs, risk registers, and stage‑gate criteria,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 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 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, from concept and design review through pilot builds, qualification, and production ramp for products and large industrial machines.
• Drive manufacturing readiness activities across programs, including tooling readiness, work instructions, line layout, and capacity planning ahead of ramp.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering to plan and execute 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.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules, tracking critical path, dependencies, and risk across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain workstreams.
• Own the ECO process for programs in flight — routing, initiation, tracking, and impact assessments across functions.
• Evaluate cost, schedule, and technical impact of proposed design changes, and drive timely disposition decisions.
• Communicate project updates to engineering teams and management.
• Work cross‑functionally to gather input and drive alignment from many stakeholders across multiple systems and teams.
• Write and maintain program documentation including stage‑gate criteria, program plans, ECO logs, and readiness checklists.
• Coordinate design reviews, build reviews, and readiness gates, driving closure of open action items.
• Work with 3rd party vendors, machine builders, and contract manufacturers to align timelines, tooling, and quality requirements.
• Contribute to FMEA and risk assessments with the engineering team.
• Identify bottlenecks early and drive pragmatic trade‑offs to keep programs moving.

Skills

Program management

Cross‑functional leadership

NPI lifecycle

Hardware development

Risk management

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Johnson Controls, Inc. in Burlington, MA is seeking an Engineering Program Manager for New Product Introduction to own the journey from concept through full production release, including large industrial machines.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial teams to plan, sequence, and drive execution of new product and machine programs. You will manage multiple complex programs, maintain schedules, ECOs, risk registers, and stage‑gate criteria,