Senior Manufacturing Engineer – NPI & Production

GTI Fabrication; Tempe, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO and holidays

Life insurance

Career progression

Advanced manufacturing exposure

Job summary

GTI Energy seeks a senior Manufacturing Engineer to own NPI governance and drive phase-gate excellence from concept to production. You will standardize processes, lead cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers to ensure robust design maturity and tooling readiness.

You will translate concepts into multi-phase manufacturing strategies, apply DFX and advanced problem-solving, and oversee prototype to ramp handoffs for rapid, reliable launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in heavy industrial, engineered-to-order, or complex mechanical/electrical integration environments.
• Proven track record of leading complex product launches from early concept through full production release within a structured phase-gate framework.
• Deep expertise in heavy fabrication, structural steel, electrical panel/harness assembly, integration, and custom tooling/fixture design.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical direction to cross-functional project teams and mentoring mid-level engineers without needing direct supervisory authority.
• Advanced root-cause problem-solving capabilities (PFMEA, 8D, DMAIC, Fishbone) applied to high-stakes launch issues.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority and primary manufacturing voice in NPI phase gate reviews for high-complexity modular systems.
• Refine and standardize GTI’s NPI phase-gate framework with exit criteria, risk matrices, and manufacturing readiness metrics.
• Ensure adherence to gate criteria and hold cross-functional partners accountable for design maturity, BOM accuracy, tooling readiness, and process capability.
• Establish standard risk mitigation protocols to identify and address high-impact execution risks before production release.
• Translate design concepts into multi-phase manufacturing strategies across fabrication, assembly, electrical integration, and testing.
• Drive DFX principles upstream to reduce unit costs and cycle times.
• Define baseline line flows, takt, ergonomic standards, and labor models for new platforms.
• Oversee prototype, pilot, and ramp builds; validate processes under production constraints.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex issues and define validation plans for tooling and fixtures.
• Feed lessons learned back into SOPs and core engineering standards.
• Mentor Advanced Manufacturing Engineers and collaborate with Sourcing on CapEx and supplier capabilities.
• Ensure smooth handoffs from NPI to sustaining Operations and monitor initial post-launch performance.

Skills

NPI governance

Phase-gate framework

Manufacturing engineering

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

8D problem solving

DMAIC

APQP/PPAP

Job description

GTI Energy seeks a senior Manufacturing Engineer to own NPI governance and drive phase-gate excellence from concept to production. You will standardize processes, lead cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers to ensure robust design maturity and tooling readiness.

You will translate concepts into multi-phase manufacturing strategies, apply DFX and advanced problem-solving, and oversee prototype to ramp handoffs for rapid, reliable launches.