Npi Project Engineer - Growth & Stability

Aegis Worldwide

We are partnered with a leading manufacturing firm, seeking a well-rounded Project Engineer to join their new product industrialization team. Our client is a fortune 200 company.

Core Responsibilities:

Project Management

· Maintains, plans, and organizes activities of projects to meet goals following CapEx

· Accountable for timeline, team tasks, project progress following CapEx

· Runs project meetings including Stage Gate

· Leader for managing project issues and communications on solutions

· Driver of continuous improvement and speed to market

Product Approval

· Monitors and assess field feedback to balance DFM and Customer-Back Innovation

· Coordinates validation & field testing with responses​

· Ensures standardization and simplification in NPD projects around part selection and manufacturability

· Manages print reviews supplier meetings, point of escalation for QA & issue management

· Manages tooling and supplied parts timelines through Create, Develop & Deploy

· Partner within the business to create and maintain quality management systems and processes that support GTU standards

Robust Quality Launch

· Partners with NPI/NPD Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, and all other applicable groups through product development and deploy processes supporting ISO standards

· Drives quality considerations throughout NPD and NPI processes

· Develops supplier base around strong quality controls and supplier relationships

· For everycom ponent included in NPI launches, ensure parts adhere to print and expectations, from initial samples through first-run production parts

· Take ownership for quality issues throughout the product launch cycle and align with internal and external partners plans to mitigate issues while maintaining project timelines

· Travel to supplier locations to align on quality expectations and/or resolve quality problems

· Establish/maintain effective systems of internal communications to all quality stakeholders

Job Requirements:

· Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline required

· Experience in a Design Engineering role

· Experience in project management

· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Proficient with applicable spreadsheet, database, and statistical software

· Strong problem solving and organizational skills

· Experience with product quality and process analysis including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and MOI are highly desired

· Basic knowledge of electro-mechanical process including plastic and metal injection molding, investment casting, and stamping are a plus

· Able to travel globally as required, up to 20%

Final Notes

If you or someone you know would be a good fit for this role, please apply now. We are already scheduling interviews, and you do not want to miss out on this fantastic opportunity to grow with a firm that is a mainstay in the industry.