New Product Introduction (NPI)
**Key Responsibilities**:
- **Product Development and Design Support**:
- Collaborate with design and development teams to provide manufacturing input during the product design phase to ensure designs are production-ready (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly - DFMA).
- Review engineering drawings, specifications, and bills of materials (BOMs) for accuracy and suitability.
- **Process Development and Validation**:
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes to support new product introduction.
- Create and document work instructions, process flows, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Conduct validation/verification of tools, fixtures, equipment, and processes.
- **Prototyping and Pilot Builds**:
- Oversee the prototyping process and initial builds of new products.
- Lead engineering builds and provide comprehensive feedback to improve production processes and product design.
- Analyze prot...