Role Summary
Incubyte is hiring a Staff NPI Engineer to be on-site at a client's JDM partner facility in Gurugram. This person leads build and validation execution at the JDM, works in close coordination with the client's HQ-based Technical Program Manager (TPM), and guides the on-site NPI engineers. This is a hands-on, on-site role.
Key Responsibilities
NPI / Build Execution
- Serve as the senior on-the-ground engineering owner at the JDM, present for build events (EVT/DVT/PVT/MP) and day-to-day line activity.
- Lead 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, reliability/environmental, safety/compliance — ensuring test plans are followed and results are properly documented.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action on complex failures with JDM engineering, escalating to HQ hardware/firmware/quality teams and the TPM as needed.
- Own the ECO/deviation process with the JDM — no unauthorized changes to BOM, process or test procedures.
- Be the final point of accountability for whether a build is "go" or "no-go" against exit criteria agreed with the HQ team.
- Guide the on-site NPI engineers in build execution and status reporting.
Program Support (Feeding into HQ TPM)
- Work with the HQ TPM on the master build/validation schedule — flag local dependencies, delays or blockers as they arise.
- Surface schedule, quality and supply risks observed on-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.
- Lead the site's input to the program's status cadence (daily stand-ups during builds, weekly program reviews) with accurate local data: yield, open issues, schedule variance.
- Make sure the shared action-item/issue tracker stays current for all site items and that they are driven 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
- 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 builds at a contract manufacturer or JDM/ODM, ideally in India or greater Asia.
- Strong 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 tracking and 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.