About Us: We are a leading Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Manufacturing Company, dedicated to delivering high-quality, innovative solutions to our clients across a wide range of industries. We believe in excellence, precision, and continuous improvement. As we grow, we're looking to add an NPI Engineer to our team who will play a key role in ensuring the successful transition of new products from concept to production. FTG is a global corporation offering design, development, prototypes and manufacturing solutions for aerospace and defense electronic products and subsystems. With our technological strength and financial stability, FTG offers innovative engineered solutions, diverse manufacturing capabilities and product life-cycle support through our global footprint supporting some of the most demanding applications in the world. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where your skills in engineering, problem-solving, and process optimization make an impact from day one we want to hear from you!
About the Role: This new position will be vital in helping FTG continue to grow our business. They will do this by executing on the following responsibilities:
- Lead the NPI process for new PCB designs, ensuring they are manufacturable, scalable, and meet customer specifications.
- Collaborate with design, engineering, and production teams to ensure smooth product launches and address potential production challenges.
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, equipment setup, and tooling for new products.
- Perform design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) analysis to improve production efficiency.
- Conduct testing, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis to resolve manufacturing issues.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, driving cost reduction and efficiency gains.
- Ensure compliance with quality standards, industry certifications, and safety regulations.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Proven leader able to support and guide the plant team to achieve established goals and objectives.
- Track record of recruiting and developing employees at all levels of the organization.
- Clear accomplishments on delivering outstanding support to customers.
- Demonstrated success achieving financial targets and year over year improvements.
- Able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, both in personal and group settings.
- Experience in lean practices and statistical process control.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Hands on leader and a working member of the team.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field, or Associate’s degree with 2+ years of experience, or 5+ years of experience as an NPI Engineer in PCB manufacturing or a related industry.
- Strong understanding of PCB design, fabrication, and assembly processes.
- Familiarity with PCB CAD tools (Genesis, InCam, Eagle, or similar).
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Knowledge of quality standards such as IPC-A-610, ISO 9001, and other industry certifications is a plus.
Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug test
Due to ITAR Regulations, must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Pay range and compensation package:
Salary Range: $70,000 - $100,000
Equal Opportunity: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Education:
Ability to Commute:
- Minnetonka, MN 55343 (Required)
Work Location: In person
