Senior NPI Engineer

The Role: 

The Role of Fluid Management Senior NPI Engineer(L3) in Chaska/Bloomington will be established to drive new products into manufacturing through close collaboration with the product development and manufacturing engineering teams. This role will report to the local FM NPI leader.  

What You'll Do:

• Successfully transfer new products from the Research and Development(R&D) and/or New Product Development Engineering(NPD/PDE) teams into the manufacturing organization with a focus on electromechanical devices & instrumentation, fluid handling, and packaging. 

• More specific tasks will include: 

• Control plan and FMEA creation and updates 

• Design, creation, and execution of Validation and Qualification (V&Q) protocols for new products/process including statistical analysis. Help to establish standards for V&Q protocols within FM NPI. 

• Develop Manufacturing Plans for assigned projects. This will include the selection of manufacturing site, raw and finished goods material planning, chemical/waste plan, ramp/capacity planning, cost roadmap, etc. 

• Support new equipment and fixturing via design input, and commissioning ownership 

• Optimization of processes during scale-up to improve cycle time and yield when required 

• System setups to enable production of new products within those systems including Bills of Material, Routings, Costing. Systems will include SAP, SPC(CamLine), and Testing (LIMS) 

• Creation of manufacturing documentation including work instructions and process records 

• Training of operations personnel on new processes, products, and equipment 

• Training of less experienced NPI engineers and personnel on the items listed above 

• Use of Accolade project management tool to track progress of all major projects and ensure all deliverables are completed and uploaded in each phase of the project 

• Collaborating with development and manufacturing teams to define robust products and process designs to ensure no surprises once products have bee