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Senior Engineer, Global NPI

United States, Shakopee Employment contract · Job Posted July 03, 2026
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Senior Engineer, Global NPI, provides technical leadership and execution oversight for the development, industrialization, and launch of next‑generation fiber optic products. This role drives end‑to‑end manufacturing readiness by integrating product design, optical test processes, automation, and global production strategies. Responsible for supporting successful product industrialization and transition to production by driving process consistency, yield performance, and manufacturing readiness across sites. Contributes to cross-functional alignment and ensures reliable execution of NPI objectives. The position leads cross-functional efforts to ensure scalable, high-yield, and cost-efficient manufacturing solutions, while supporting rapid deployment across multiple production sites. The Senior Engineer plays a critical role in advancing test capabilities, improving process robustness, and accelerating new product introductions aligned with business growth objectives.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead all phases of New Product Introduction (NPI), from concept through production launch
  • Define manufacturing strategies to ensure scalability, yield, and cost targets are achieved
  • Ensure alignment between product design and manufacturing through advanced DFM guidance
  • Drives technical leadership in optical test, interferometry, and continuity verification
  • develops and implements advanced processes leveraging emerging technologies and external partners, ensuring scalable deployment across sites without compromising quality or customer performance
  • Leads functional business analysis for Fiber Barcode (FBC) systems
  • defines software requirements and strategy to ensure product compliance, drives development activities, and validates system performance for robustness and reliability
  • Provides direction across all NPI phases, ensuring execution aligns with PDP requirements, procedures, and regulatory standards
  • coordinates with R&D and PLM on schedules, resources, and capital planning while driving process capability, yield, and cost performance through PFMEA, VSM, and throughput analysis
  • Specifies and leads implementation of automation equipment for fiber manufacturing systems, including concept, design, build coordination (internal and external), validation, and operator readiness
  • ensures successful deployment and transfer across sites while maintaining quality and customer requirements
  • Leads cross-functional teams including Manufacturing Engineers, Technicians, and Automation groups to achieve project goals
  • defines and executes project plans, schedules, and budgets to ensure delivery against performance and cost targets

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in related curriculum such as Engineering with 8-10 years of work experience in relevant or related field
  • Proficient in FBC, SAP, Lean Six Sigma, SharePoint

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