NPI Operations Engineer Manager (Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Kent, Washington, United States. Relocation assistance is available.

Base pay: $103,329–$172,215 annually.

Company

hirify.global is a global, 100% employee-owned manufacturer of industrial cutting solutions.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing readiness for new products, engineering changes, and product lifecycle transitions.
• Ensure manufacturing systems, documentation, materials, tooling, and supplier readiness support successful launches.
• Partner with engineering and quality teams to develop safe, scalable, manufacturable processes optimized for quality, delivery, and cost.
• Lead production validation activities, including APQP, PPAP, process capability, and launch quality planning.
• Lead and develop a small team responsible for new product introductions and engineering change implementation.
• Drive cross-functional launch execution, issue resolution, training, and transition to stable production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, industrial engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, NPI, production launches, process development, and engineering changes.
• Strong knowledge of NPI, manufacturing readiness, engineering change management, BOMs, process flows, standard work, and work instructions.
• Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans, process validation, PLM, ERP, MRP, and MES systems.
• Ability to lead cross-functional work across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and production teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills using A3, 8D, root cause analysis, MSA, Gage R&R, SPC, and capability analysis.

Nice to have

• Experience with pilot, pre-production, and launch builds.
• Experience qualifying tooling, fixtures, equipment, and supplier readiness.
• Hands-on experience with launch ramp, Lean manufacturing, and APQP/PPAP execution.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Exposure to PLM environments such as ARAS or similar systems.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% employee-owned company with more than 50 years of history.
• Profit-sharing and employee stock ownership.
• Five days of paid community service time per year.
• Commitment to environmental stewardship.
• Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy.
• Immigration-related support and sponsorship for new employment authorization applicants are not available.