NPI Systems Engineer - Solar Center of Excellence
Core
Own end-to-end integration verification for New Product Introduction (NPI) lines bringing next-generation spacecraft solar arrays into high-volume production, ensuring the manufacturing system is scalable and stable.
Role type
Senior NPI Systems Engineer (Manufacturing/Industrialization)
Builds
High-rate production lines for spacecraft solar arrays
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing, solar array production systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
end-to-end value stream integration, capacity/availability/throughput modeling, process capability analysis, instrumentation development, production architecture definition, PFMEA linkage, cross-functional technical leadership
Preferred skills
high-rate/high-reliability industrialization (semiconductor/battery/medical/automotive), greenfield production planning, test-capacity-limited line architecture, SPC and measurement system analysis, high-rate automation specification, spacecraft solar arrays expertise
Technologies
automated production equipment, environmental chambers, vibration/EMI/EMC test systems, flash/IV/electroluminescence testers
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end integration verification of the NPI value stream and interfaces between process areas; Build and maintain capacity, availability, and throughput models to determine rate closure; Characterize integrated system behavior through hands-on instrumentation implementation; Establish rate conditions design and verification methods for takt, capability, and throughput targets; Author production architecture requirements for modularity and capacity margin; Derive rate and interface requirements for equipment and tooling specifications; Build producibility feedback tooling to influence early design choices; Carry proven changes from NPI to production with process capability evidence.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC