NPI Engineer - Senior
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026.
Role Summary
Incubyteis hiring a Senior NPI Engineer to be on-site at a client's JDM partner facility in Gurugram. This person owns hands-on build and validation execution at the JDM, working in close coordination with the client's HQ-based Technical Program Manager (TPM), who owns the overall program schedule and cross-functional plan. This is a hands-on, on-site role, not a remote-coordination job.
Key Responsibilities
NPI / Build Execution
- Serve as the on-the-ground engineering owner at the JDM, present for build events (EVT/DVT/PVT/MP) and day-to-day line activity.
- Drive build planning with the JDM: line setup, work instructions, fixture/tooling readiness and build schedules, in line with the program plan set by HQ Engineering.
- Own test and validation execution at the JDM - functional test, reliability/environmental test, safety/compliance test - ensuring test plans are followed and results are properly documented.
- Triage failures and defects in real time on the line; drive root cause analysis and corrective action with JDM engineering, escalating to HQ hardware/firmware/quality teams and the TPM as needed.
- Maintain and enforce the ECO/deviation process with the JDM - no unauthorized changes to BOM, process or test procedures.
- Be the point of accountability for whether a build is "go" or "no-go" against exit criteria agreed with the HQ team.
Program Support (Feeding into HQ TPM)
- Execute against the master build/validation schedule owned by the HQ TPM - flag local dependencies, delays or blockers as they arise.
- Surface schedule, quality and supply risks observedon-site promptly to the HQ TPM for the program risk register.
- Coordinate component/material readiness on-site with the JDM and local supply chain contacts, reporting line-down risk to the HQ TPM.
- Participate in the program's status cadence (daily stand-ups during builds, weekly program reviews) with accurate, timely local data: yield, open issues, schedule variance.
- Keep the shared action-item/issue tracker current for items owned locally, anddrive them to closure with the JDM.
- Provide the HQ TPM with clear, data-backed local status updates so program-level reporting and decisions can happen at HQ.
Requirements
Requirements
5-8+ years in NPI, technical program management, manufacturing engineering or test engineering for electronic hardware products (cameras, sensors, IoT devices or similar preferred).
Direct experience running or supporting builds at a contract manufacturer or JDM/ODM, ideally in India or greater Asia.
Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, test fixture design/bring-up, statistical process control, and planning tools like Microsoft Project or Smartsheet.
Comfortable reading schematics, BOMs and mechanical drawings; able to communicate technical issues clearly across engineering, quality and ops.
Experience with ECO processes, deviation/waiver trackingand formal build exit criteria.
Strong bias for being physically present on the line, with the discipline to track and report status accurately to a remote program owner.
Able to work Gurugram-based hours with overlap into US working hours for HQ TPM syncs and escalations, including calls with the US team until 10-11 PM IST.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering (or equivalent experience).
Location: Based in Gurugram (or in close proximity), India, at the JDM partner facility.