A contract manufacturing company is seeking a Sr. NPI Engineer to join their team!

The Sr NPI Engineer will be responsible for supporting deliverables to build pre-production units in a controlled environment, enable product transfer, perform sustaining engineering for production devices, and support internal company projects.

 A successful candidate must be willing to take the initiative on tasks and thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment. The candidate must be capable of collaborating with cross functional teams, have prior mechanical design experience, and prior hands-on experience troubleshooting systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, test, and document mechanical parts and assemblies for systems and subsystems of complex instrumentation
• Design, build, test, validate, and document assembly and test fixtures
• Analyze new and existing designs to provide DFx feedback to R&D and NPI teams
• Work as part of an engineering team to transition product to production, perform iterative design updates, identify and implement continuous process improvements, and meet Operations’ shipment goals
• Act as a technical lead and point of contact for the customer to translate requirements into design and process updates.
• Serve as the subject matter expert and provide technical support of projects to help drive development activities such as
  • Test architecture and fixture design
  • Design for manufacturing, assembly, and test
  • Process development and implementation
  • Hands on machining and prototyping experience
  • Hands on troubleshooting
  • Risk assessment
  • Best practices for technical documentation (part/assembly drawings, requirements)
• Draft protocols for verification & validation
• Communicate clearly with project and program management to identify technical requirements, technical risk, timeline risk, and impacts of design changes
• Provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders

Education/Experience:

• BS/MS degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Familiarity with a variety of instrumentation fundamentals such as:
  • Multi-axis motion systems
  • Microfluidic systems
  • Pneumatic systems
  • Thermal transfer
  • Controls
  • High-voltage (preferred but not required)
• Experience with ISO 13485 strongly preferred
• Familiarity with compliance certification processes preferred but not required
• Strong technical problem-solving skills and ability to critically review design and debug issues
• Familiarity with process analysis tools and methods
• Familiarity with failure analysis methods
• Must be fluent with Solidworks