Join Us as a NPI Manufacturing Engineer at Potter Global Technologies

At Potter Global Technologies, we’ve been protecting lives around the world for over 125 years—and we’re just getting started. We’re a global leader in life safety solutions, committed to saving lives through innovative technology and trusted partnerships.

Our vision is for our customers to know us globally as their innovative, easy-to-do-business-with, best-in-class life-safety product partner. And our mission? With a passion for creating safer environments worldwide, our mission is to provide our customers with a team of real people that connect them with reliable expertise in life safety applications.

If you're inspired by purpose, energized by collaboration, and thrive in an environment of feedback, ownership, and experimentation—you’ll feel at home here.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for turning complexity into clarity? As our NPI Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll play a critical role at the heart of our manufacturing operations. The NPI Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading the manufacturing readiness of new products from concept through launch. This role bridges product design, engineering, supply chain, and operations to ensure new products are manufacturable, cost-effective, scalable, and meet quality, safety, and delivery requirements. The NPI Manufacturing Engineer plays a critical role in transitioning products from development to full production.

What You’ll Do

• Lead manufacturing engineering activities for new product development and introduction.


• Support product design reviews to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Quality (DFQ).


• Develop and execute manufacturing plans, routings, and work instructions for new products.


• Coordinate pilot builds, prototypes, and first-article runs; analyze results and drive improvements.


• Design, develop, and validate manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and equipment.


• Establish standard work, cycle times, and labor requirements for new products.


• Identify and implement automation or process improvements where applicable.


• Ensure processes meet safety, ergonomic, and regulatory requirements.


• Collaborate with R&D, Product Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Operations teams.


• Act as the manufacturing subject matter expert during NPD phase-gate reviews.


• Support supplier selection and development for new components and processes.


• Participating in PFMEA, control plan development, and risk assessments.


• Support PPAP/FAI activities and ensure compliance with internal and external quality standards.


• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues during ramp-up and early production.


• Support product cost modeling and cost-reduction initiatives.


• Ensure manufacturing solutions are scalable for volume production.


• Support capacity planning and equipment justification for new product launches.


• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, including BOMs, routings, SOPs, and work instructions.


• Train production and maintenance teams on new processes and equipment.