NPI Industrial & Process Engineer — Smart Manufacturing

Foxconn WI; Mount Pleasant (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

401K with employer contribution

Paid time off

Onsite wellness center

Job summary

FII USA, Inc., a Foxconn Technology Group Company, seeks an NPI Industrial / Process Engineer to design, analyze, and improve manufacturing processes for new product introductions. You will work in the Program Management Department and help optimize throughput, quality, and readiness for launches.

The role involves establishing efficient production methods, validating performance, and using data to drive improvements across multiple teams and phases, from prototype through ramp.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of industrial, manufacturing, or process engineering experience preferred.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing, time studies, line balancing, process capability, and structured problem solving.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with data analysis tools; CAD/layout tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize NPI process flows, line layouts, workstation designs, and production methods.
• Perform time studies, line balancing, capacity analysis, labor modeling, and bottleneck analysis for new products.
• Establish process standards, cycle-time targets, staffing assumptions, and readiness metrics for launch and ramp.
• Support PFMEA, process validation, work instruction development, and production readiness reviews.
• Analyze yield, throughput, downtime, defects, and other operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, product, test, controls, and operations teams to resolve process issues.
• Develop process maps and material-flow concepts that support safe, efficient, and repeatable NPI execution.
• Evaluate production constraints and recommend changes to equipment, staffing, sequencing, work content, or layout to meet program demand.
• Support ergonomic reviews and workstation improvements to promote safe and effective production methods.
• Define and monitor key process performance indicators during prototype, pilot, and ramp phases and communicate readiness risks.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Time studies

Line balancing

Process capability

Structured problem solving

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD tools

Job description

FII USA, Inc., a Foxconn Technology Group Company, seeks an NPI Industrial / Process Engineer to design, analyze, and improve manufacturing processes for new product introductions. You will work in the Program Management Department and help optimize throughput, quality, and readiness for launches.

The role involves establishing efficient production methods, validating performance, and using data to drive improvements across multiple teams and phases, from prototype through ramp.