Senior Npi Engineer

2 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Jonathan Lee Recruitment Full time

The Senior NPI Engineer is involved in the whole lifecycle of product development from concept and prototype stages, through to production and support. You will have a strong background in DFMA, owning process development from SMT through to final assemblyand final pack-out. Proven experience working with Contract Manufacturers to introduce new products and processes is a key requirement

Your role
- Owning the mechanical, electronic and support aspects of introducing new product development into the supply chain
- Working on new product development projects ensuring that the supply chain and sub-contract manufacturers are prepared to produce in high volume and at the correct level of quality
- Developing and implementing new manufacturing equipment and processes and ensuring they are documented and qualified to meet yield and capacity targets
- Defining rules for Design for Manufacture and Assembly - confirming that the PCB and Mechanical designs are appropriate for the manufacturing techniques and cost effective
- Managing prototype builds (ensuring logistics of key parts are in control, build plans are in place, production lines are prepared and any issues are recorded)
- Supporting root cause analysis of prototype build issues down to mechanical product design or assembly issues and suggesting/implementing corrective actions
- Providing on-going support to our production partners to address any process/design issues which arise after mass production ramp
- Creation and/or review of supplier work instructions (ensuring that the suppliers have appropriate documentation regarding their assembly and test process, and that the documentation is acceptable)
- Ensuring all operations teams are prepared for the introduction of the new product (e.g. Service and Repair, Customisation, Stores etc.)

NPI Engineering activities you will be responsible for include:

- NPI/Manufacturing/Production/Process Engineering, across a wide array of electro-mechanical products
- Managing end to end NPI process, from project concept through to production ramp
- Developing electro-mechanical production processes such as SMT and electro-mechanical assembly
- Regular communication to both technical and non-technical personnel using verbal and written styles

**Qualifications**:

- Otherwise, demonstration of significant relevant experience in a similar Engineering role

Experience and skills
- NPI/Manufacturing/Production/Process Engineer with a minimum of 5 years' electro-mechanical product manufacturing experience
- Significant experience of end to end NPI process, from project concept through to production ramp
- Good understanding of electro-mechanical production processes such as SMT & electro-mechanical assembly
- Knowledge of medium to high volume product assembly and test

Personal attributes
- Enthusiastic, communicative and inquisitive
- Motivated by delivering quality work within planned timescales
- A structured, proactive approach - numerically focused
- Customer (internal and external) focused
- Commercially aware
- Creative yet detail focused
- Calm under pressure
- Ambitious, flexible and self-motivated

**Qualifications**:

- Six Sigma
- Statistical Process Control
- DFM

Experience and skills
- Experience of working with European or Far Eastern contract manufacturers
- Knowledge of low-cost manufacturing techniques
- Understanding of Injection Moulding process and/or aluminium casting processes
- Experience of working in a medium size 'high tech' company
- Good project planning and estimation
- Experience of working with formal PLM systems (Oracle Agile)

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.


  • Npi Project Manager

    5 days ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom MicroTECH Global Ltd Full time

    JOB AD: ROLE: NPI Project Manager LOCATION: Cambridge, UK or Aachen, Germany SALARY: Negotiable DURATION: Permanent You will be responsible in ensuring that our next generation systems can be smoothly brought into and installed into the customer facility, as well as the timely resolution of issues found when our next generation systems are then operated...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom MicroTECH Global Ltd Full time

    JOB AD: **Senior R&D Test Engineer** - Optoelectronic Devices Near Cambridge Highly competitive salary plus fantastic Employee Benefits My globally well-known client are currently recruiting for a Senior R&D Test Engineer you'll be responsible to develop test rig prototypes (HW &SW) & test methodology to develop next generation devices in close cooperation...


  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom arm limited Full time

    Role Overview We are a multi-disciplinary team with board design expertise, FPGA and software, delivering hardware platforms to support Arm and our partners. This role is based in Cambridge, UK working at the forefront of Arm based designs. The Hardware Platforms team build physical hardware development platforms based on Arm’s leading compute...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom The One Group Full time

    The role available is for a **Cleanroom Production Engineer** - someone with 2+ years' experience who enjoys troubleshooting, maintaining and improving unique production processes and implementing new ones. You'll provide production engineering support to the production team, working to improve productivity, including immediate corrective actions, or...


  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom ARM Full time

    This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. We are a multi-disciplinary team with board design expertise, FPGA and software, delivering hardware platforms to support Arm and our partners. This role is based in Cambridge, UK working at the forefront of Arm based designs. The Hardware Platforms team...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    4 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialise over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems. As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom Conrad Consulting Ltd Full time

    Senior Structural Engineer Cambridge £(phone number removed) plus benefits Our client is a highly successful engineering consultancy in the East of England. Their office in Cambridge is seeking a Chartered senior structural engineer to enhance their project delivery. You will work on a broad range of schemes for both developers and manufacturers. The...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom Shift F5 Limited Full time

    **Senior Software Engineer** Senior Software Engineer/ Python/ React/ MedTech/ Cloud-based I am looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in Python and React, who is looking to join a MedTech company that combines platform technology and life sciences to generate new insights and improve the lives of patients with complex diseases.They are...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom Conrad Consulting Ltd Full time

    Senior Structural EngineerCambridge£(phone number removed) plus benefitsOur client is a highly successful engineering consultancy in the East of England. Their office in Cambridge is seeking a Chartered senior structural engineer to enhance their project delivery.You will work on a broad range of schemes for both developers and manufacturers. The firm...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    3 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialise over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems. As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    2 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom Technical Futures. Full time

    Senior FPGA Design Engineer Cambridge Top salary Package on offer + Hybrid working.A Senior FPGA Design Engineer with a strong academic background will contribute to every phase of a large SoC project for new infrared camera products, from concept through to delivery of a working system. Youll develop Verilog code, work closely with software engineers to...


  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Conrad Consulting Ltd Full time

    Senior Structural EngineerCambridge (phone number removed) plus benefitsOur client is a highly successful engineering consultancy in the East of England. Their office in Cambridge is seeking a Chartered senior structural engineer to enhance their project delivery. You will work on a broad range of schemes for both developers and manufacturers. The firm...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to contribute to transforming the AI world today?We are excited to be supporting an AI company who are working on accelerating performance critical workloads on FPGA Devices. They work with some of the biggest chip companies in the world and get given early access to chips from these companies. They are currently experiencing a strong period of...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    3 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialize over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems.As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    4 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialize over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems.As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to contribute to transforming the AI world today?We are excited to be supporting an AI company who are working on accelerating performance critical workloads on FPGA Devices. They work with some of the biggest chip companies in the world and get given early access to chips from these companies. They are currently experiencing a strong period of...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to contribute to transforming the AI world today?We are excited to be supporting an AI company who are working on accelerating performance critical workloads on FPGA Devices. They work with some of the biggest chip companies in the world and get given early access to chips from these companies. They are currently experiencing a strong period of...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    4 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialize over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems.As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...


  • Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to contribute to transforming the AI world today? We are excited to be supporting an AI company who are working on accelerating performance critical workloads on FPGA Devices. They work with some of the biggest chip companies in the world and get given early access to chips from these companies. They are currently experiencing a strong period of...

  • Senior FPGA Engineer

    3 weeks ago


    Cambridge, United Kingdom IC Resources Full time

    Do you want to work on new cutting-edge technology? We are working with an exciting a startup, looking to add a Senior FPGA Engineer who can work independently. Their mission is to commercialize over 10 years of research to shape the future of Quantum information systems. As a Senior FPGA Engineer you will be given the opportunity to work on exciting...