NPI Engineer

Renaissance Electronics & Communications•Harvard, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Renaissance Electronics & Communications, LLC is hiring a New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer to drive the transition of RF products from engineering development into full-scale manufacturing. The role serves as a technical bridge between design, supply chain, and production, ensuring new products launch on schedule, on cost, and to specification. It is a full-time, exempt, onsite position based in Harvard, Massachusetts. The NPI Engineer leads activities from design freeze through first article inspection (FAI) and production readiness review (PRR), including acceptance testing, qualification, and delivery. The role develops and maintains manufacturing process flows, work instructions, and quality control plans; coordinates with suppliers and contract manufacturers; and drives design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test reviews with engineering teams. The position also monitors pilot builds, captures lessons learned, and supports yield analysis and root-cause investigations during production ramp. Renaissance Electronics is an AEM company and a provider of high-reliability RF and microwave components, subsystems, and assemblies for aerospace, defense, and space applications. The company is headquartered in Harvard, Massachusetts, and has served customers since 1991.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
2–5 years of experience in NPI, manufacturing engineering, or program management in a hardware environment.
Familiarity with RF/microwave or electronics manufacturing processes.
Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar, and PLM tools.
Strong project management and cross-functional coordination skills.
Proficiency with MS Office / Excel.

Nice To Haves

Experience with structured problem-solving methods such as 8D or DMAIC.
Detail-oriented, with a bias for action and schedule ownership.

Responsibilities

Lead NPI activities from design freeze through first article inspection (FAI) and production readiness review (PRR), including acceptance test, qualification, and delivery.
Develop and maintain manufacturing process flows, work instructions, and quality control plans.
Coordinate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure component availability and compliance.
Drive DFM/DFT (Design for Manufacturability / Design for Test) reviews with engineering teams.
Track and resolve open issues across engineering, operations, quality, and procurement teams.
Monitor pilot builds and document lessons learned for continuous improvement.
Support yield analysis and root cause investigations during ramp.
Perform other duties as needed.