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nVent NPI Manufacturing Engineering Technician in Anoka, Minnesota

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Join us in a rewarding career as an NPI Manufacturing Engineering Technician at nVent. In this essential position, you will be responsible for shepherding New Product Introduction (NPI) projects from inception to flawless production launch. By demonstrating the use of NPI tools to assess past failure modes and create new design and processing methods, you will collaborate closely with teams such as New Product Development, Operations, Program Managers, Product Managers, and Supply Chain to ensure the highest quality product launch and utmost customer satisfaction.

What you will experience in this position:

  • Participate in project kick-off meetings, support the development of project teams for internal requirements, verify layout data, assess process capacity, and meet customer-specific requirements.

  • Support new product launches and development by leading prototype builds that may have fast turnaround times from customers.

  • Successfully implement and validate new equipment, new processes, and recipe creation for new products.

  • Determine product complexity and build requirements to select appropriate manufacturing lines/processes.

  • Write initial work instructions for new products.

  • Recommend product and process improvements.

  • Participate in design and process failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).

  • Assess new product processes for safety impact.

You have:

  • Technical degree or Certification preferred.

  • 2 years technical/engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, including fixture design and basic manufacturing process expertise (forming, welding, assembly, testing, packaging). Participation in the FMEA process.

  • 3 years experience with engineering software and enterprise resource planning.

  • Knowledge of DFM (Design for Manufacturability) to provide guidance for new and existing products.

  • Ability to network multi-functionally.

  • Ability to meet the physical and environmental demands of a manufacturing position.

WE HAVE:

  • A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • At nVent, we believe safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions for mission-critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our solutions are helping build a more sustainable and electrified world.

  • We are a $3.3B company with a dedicated team of more than 11,000 employees around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of enclosures, electrical and fastening, and thermal management solutions dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, RAYCHEM and SCHROFF.

  • Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

  • Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

  • Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.

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