New Product Introduction Engineer, Vehicle
Job Summary
Job Description
The New Product Introduction Engineer is responsible for the successful introduction of new programs and major coordinated changes into the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. This role involves global cross-functional strategic coordination with teams across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Homologation, and Firmware. Key responsibilities include driving all operational activities to meet program milestones, leading cross-functional forums, providing status updates, overseeing manufacturing validation, managing supply chain readiness, organizing factory transitions, planning pre-launch activities, facilitating ramp management, validating MBOM and factory systems (MRP, ERP, MES), steering program validation plans, ensuring adherence to NPI processes, and managing open points/actions. The role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
Must have:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field
- 2+ years experience in automotive or high-tech manufacturing
- Production operations knowledge
- Understanding of manufacturing validation process
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
- Master's degree
- Supply chain experience
- Experience with MES and ERP systems
- Understanding of design for manufacturing and lean manufacturing principles
6 skills required
Job Details
What to ExpectWhat You’ll Bring
The New Product Introduction Engineer is responsible for the successful introduction of new programs and majorcoordinated changes into the factory. The role involves global cross functionalstrategic coordination, working closely with global NPI teams, Production, Engineering,Supply Chain, Homologation, Firmware, and others to ensure readiness for eachmajor change and new product introduction. Exceptional planning and communication skills are mandatory.
What You’ll Do- Drive all activities as relate to the operations perimeter for your program(s) into the factory. Clear target is to meet or exceed program milestones as set forth by the company.
- Participate in and lead various “cross functional” Program and Manufacturing Readiness forums.
- Provide clear updates on status and recovery plans as necessary at both working and executive level.
- Oversee the complete manufacturing validation for the program, drive supply chain readiness and handover from launch-planning to production-planning; organize and oversee factory transition, and follow-up on excess/obsolescence planning and post program/service introduction activities.
- Plan, organize and orchestrate all pre-launch build activities. All actions documented within the PCA tool.
- Facilitate ramp management with operations teams.
- Oversee the finalization and validation of the MBOM for the program.
- Oversee the validation of all factory systems (MRP, ERP, MES, etc.) regarding launch preparation.
- Steer overall program validation plan and manufacturing readiness criteria (KPI's).
- Environment, health, and safety considered in all activities and manufacturing validations.
- Ensure that NPI-processes are followed in all doings (PCA, MRT, etc.).
- Organization and follow-up of open points/actions that are required to secure a non-event introduction of the program; ensure conveyed and well communicated as actionable items throughout the organization.
- Interact, integrate, and drive results across cross-functional teams in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, production, production control, sales, service, etc.
- Author weekly as needed project status, summary, and issue resolution tracking reports.
- Various other activities as assigned to support NPI and/or other production departments.
- Ensure obsolescence for each change is aligned with all stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related technical field required (master’s degree in supporting field highly preferred), or equivalent in experience.
- Background in manufacturing/industrial engineering required, supply chain highly desired.
- 2+ years’ experience in automotive, high tech, or other high volume/high complexity manufacturing in a similar capacity coupled with demonstration of exceptionable ability.
- Production Operations Knowledge - Having a firm understanding of how complex production lines operate including key items such as industrial workings between facilities/departments, line balance, OEE, error proofing, etc.
- Understanding of how the manufacturing validation process runs in relation to complex new products that stretch across various engineer teams and manufacturing centers/factories (methodology, validation plans, associated KPI's).
- Great understanding of design for manufacture, process design, process validation, and assembly methods.
- Strong interpersonal skills dealing with all levels of an organization. Able to communicate to senior and executive level leadership effectively and confidently.
- Strong English written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; adverse in various problem-solving methodologies.
- Team player: ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with cross-functional teams.
- Previous experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- Previous experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
- Ability to read and interpret basic mechanical drawings or CAD-models.
- Has a well-versed understanding of production-line layout, flow, and modelling.
- Should clearly understand the following:
- job shops, batch, and flow production
- takt, touch and cycle time
- bottle neck identification and methods for resolving.
- workstation organization and setup / lean manufacturing principles
- statistical process control
- designing single flow lines to build multiple products.
- Strong motivation to support the company mission is necessary to succeed.
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