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Senior NPI Engineer
$182K–$230K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years; the posting does not state an alternative.
- Education
- Mechanical, manufacturing or similar engineering degree is required.
About the job
The Senior NPI Engineer develops and scales processes for taking robotics hardware from prototype through pilot builds to steady-state manufacturing, including managing engineering changes and production readiness.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute pilot builds, feed findings back into design, and define production readiness and manufacturing handoff.
- Develop ECO and field retrofit processes; coordinate hardware updates with operations and manage changes to deployed products.
- Create assembly, installation, test, and customer-facing documentation and kits; partner with manufacturing and mechanical engineering on scalable workstations and fixtures.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience, including hands-on implementation of ECO systems.
- Experience with Robotics, Autonomous vehicle, Automotive, or similarly complex systems; standing up NPI processes; and scaling hardware from prototype to production.
- Experience managing engineering changes on products already deployed to customers and with PLMs such as Arena, Windchill, Agile, or 3Dx, including workflow configuration and ECO implementation.
- Experience with DFA / DFM and SolidWorks or similar CAD tools; a mechanical, manufacturing, or similar engineering degree is required.
Nice to have
- Experience building and/or working with schematics and harness documentation (e.g Zuken, Altium, Capital).
Pay
$182,000 - $230,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Arena, Windchill, Agile, 3Dx, SolidWorks, Zuken, Altium, Capital
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