NPI Analyst

Semtech•Ottawa, ON

4d•CA$64,000 - CA$74,000•Onsite

About The Position

Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. The Signal Integrity Products (SIP) team is seeking an NPI Analyst to join their Engineering team in Ottawa, Ontario. This role supports the substantial redesign of the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, aiming to simplify it, reduce bureaucracy, and increase compliance without sacrificing quality. The analyst will help implement and maintain changes to the NPI process, build and run a training framework for NPI procedures, support the reporting infrastructure, and coordinate between various departments (Engineering, Marketing, Product Definition, Operations, Quality) and external auditors. The role also involves supporting process-related Corrective Action Requests (CARs) and driving consistent execution across the organization.

Requirements

A combination of education and experience that demonstrates ability in office administration and understanding of project management best practices in an engineering environment.
3-5 years in the semiconductor industry.
Working knowledge of a phase-gate NPI or product development process.
Strong written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to IC product development from concept through production release.
Experience with PLM and project portfolio management systems (Agile PLM).
Scripting or light automation capability applied to document workflow.
Working knowledge of version control systems (SVN, Git) in an engineering documentation context.

Responsibilities

Maintain the SIP NPI process description and its supporting procedures, forms, templates, and checklists as controlled documents.
Support the change-control cycle for the NPI process itself, including collecting feedback, proposing changes, socializing them, and communicating them.
Maintain the approval matrix function-to-name mapping.
Support a recurring NPI community forum by coordinating logistics, capturing input, and communicating procedure changes.
Help build and maintain a training framework for project leaders, functional managers, and core team members covering the gate structure, deliverables, approval routing, exception mechanisms, and PLM toolset.
Maintain training records against defined role-based competency requirements.
Support onboarding of new project leaders and provide guidance on gate preparation and submission.
Maintain the Product Leader handbook and quick-reference material.
Verify template currency and completeness of gate submissions before approval workflows are triggered.
Help develop a procedure to maintain the project-level register for non-gating actions, and confirm closure before project closure.
Support internal audit in preparing the organization for internal and external audits, including sampling project records, identifying exposures, and tracking them to closure.
Support process-related CARs from intake through root-cause analysis and corrective action.
Help build and maintain reporting for management on program status, gate cycle time, documentation completeness, exception and waiver volume, and process health.
Help track process performance metrics and report them on a regular cadence.
Help identify patterns from CARs, audit findings, and lessons learned, and flag them for consideration in process change proposals.
Help collect engineering requirements for NPI capabilities of the PLM platform and work with platform owners to implement these requirements.
Administer NPI project templates and workflows in the current PLM environment, and support migration of NPI content to the replacement platform.
Help identify and support implementation of automation that reduces manual effort on compliant behavior.
Serve as a primary point of contact for day-to-day NPI process questions across various departments.
Support gate owners with meeting logistics, deliverable collation, minute capture, and approval routing.
Help coordinate the pilot and phased rollout of process changes, including in-flight program migration rules.