Mechanical Engineer, New Product Introduction (NPI) Team Lead

The role

You will lead the New Product Introduction engineering team to move mechanical designs from concept through production launch. You will apply design for manufacturability and assembly principles to create products that can be produced safely and efficiently.

What you will do

• Lead the NPI team's day-to-day work, priorities, and resource planning.
• Coach team members and support recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.
• Direct multidisciplinary engineering projects from early feasibility through prototype, pilot build, production launch, and manufacturing handoff.
• Oversee mechanical designs, drawings, bills of materials, and work instructions.
• Lead design for manufacturability and design for assembly reviews.
• Apply Manufacturing Constrained Design, 3P, and 2P methods.
• Direct prototype builds, tolerance analysis, testing, and design validation.
• Partner with manufacturing, sourcing, internal trades, outside builders, and other engineering teams.
• Create project plans, schedules, proposals, cost estimates, and risk-mitigation strategies.
• Develop engineering calculations, design standards, technical documentation, and drawing packages.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Seven or more years of mechanical engineering experience supporting new product introduction.
• Experience with concept development, prototyping, design for manufacturability, design for assembly, and production launch.
• Experience reducing launch risk through manufacturing-feasibility reviews, tolerance analysis, testing, and iterative design validation.
• Five or more years of experience using SolidWorks or a comparable 3D CAD platform, including complex assemblies, master models, or surface modeling.
• Knowledge of common manufacturing processes, such as machining, sheet metal fabrication, molding, extrusion, or casting.
• Experience leading complex, multidisciplinary projects from concept through completion.
• The ability to solve technical problems, manage risk, and communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences.
• The ability to travel up to 25%.

Nice to have

• experience leading technical teams
• familiarity with product data management systems, FEA, CFD, or multiphysics simulation
• knowledge of ISO 9001, Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous-improvement methods
• Professional Engineer license or eligibility for licensure

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• retirement
• paid time off
• other benefits
• Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company and will share in the financial rewards of the success we achieve together

About the company

Re:Build is an advanced, end-to-end manufacturing platform that partners with industrial companies and innovators. Re:Build Optimation specializes in delivering custom-engineered process equipment and automated systems to clients across the globe.