Product Engineer
Visa sponsorship
Engineering · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $27/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Bringing a new electronic device from first sketch to steady mass production is the heart of this Auckland job. The employer, a worldwide tech firm, wants a Product Engineer focused on New Product Introduction (NPI), the stage where designs become products the factory can build at scale.
Expect to work hand in hand with design, quality, purchasing and factory teams, setting up build processes that are lean and lifting quality step by step. Now and then the job involves trips abroad. The company sees this as a long-term career for a seasoned engineer, and employer sponsorship is open to international candidates who are eligible.
Your CV should show the products you have launched, the test fixtures you built or fixed and any PCB assembly lines you have supported. Map out your NPI engineering CV on Build AI CV and keep it ready for the application.
Key Responsibilities
- Take each new product from prototype stage into full-volume production
- Partner with design, quality, purchasing and factory teams throughout development
- Set up, prove and improve the build processes for mechanical and electronic products
- Keep production test stations, jigs and factory equipment running
- Track down the cause of build, test and quality faults with structured methods, and fix them with corrective and preventive steps
- Dig into production figures to cut cost and raise output and quality, and take part in lean and continuous improvement work
- Keep engineering paperwork current, from build procedures and test plans to change records
- Help suppliers and contract manufacturers get ready for production and keep improving
- Back up the production floor with technical help and sustaining engineering
- Take occasional work trips overseas
Requirements & Eligibility
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, or in Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering, or another related engineering discipline
- Minimum of 5 years spent in mechanical and electronics manufacturing
- A clear understanding of manufacturing readiness and new product introduction (NPI)
- Hands-on work building, supporting or fault-finding production test fixtures and factory equipment
- Familiar with inventory management, quality systems, assembly processes and electronics manufacturing
- Able to study how a line runs and then raise its productivity and quality
- Experience in electronic production testing and PCB assembly is highly desirable
- Knowing product lifecycle management systems or engineering documentation is advantageous
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving ability
- Communicates clearly and works well with teams from other functions
- English communication at a professional level, and happy to travel internationally now and then
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