Imagine ubiquitous 5G connectivity that will deliver on the promise of 4K video, augmented reality, autonomous driving, drone delivery, and super-fast inflight internet. These bandwidth intensive technologies of the future cannot take place utilizing current wireless and broadband network infrastructure. Pivotal Commware has developed a revolutionary technology called HBF or Holographic Beam Forming, a breakthrough in electromagnetic physics. This disruptive software defined antenna technology is revolutionizing wireless and broadband networks by helping network operators solve their biggest wireless access challenges – capacity and spectral efficiency. Our patented antenna technology helps wireless service providers squeeze every ounce of performance from their networks at the lowest cost, size, weight and power consumption available.

While Pivotal has completely redefined the physics and economics of providing broadband wireless access for consumer, business and military applications, we still need to tailor our technology for a multitude of compelling use cases. Looking ahead, our team will also be developing artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions to complement and enhance our fundamental technology. If you are passionate about what you do and want to apply yourself to this fascinating endeavor, then we’d like to hear from you.

The NPI Engineer will develop and support production flow, assembly methods, test sequences and the overall processes required to produce electro-mechanical assemblies. This position's primary responsibility will be to provide engineering support for introducing new designs into our contract manufacturers, sustaining existing product lines and line-down issues. The NPI Engineer will support manufacturing process improvements and supporting lean and continuous improvement processes and programs. Effective and efficient cross departmental communication and collaboration will be key for success in this role.

Responsibilities:

· Support and planning for product manufacturing

· Work with engineering to implement and evaluate designs and create processes for manufacturability

· Participate in early design reviews to ensure manufacturability content and concerns

· Work with engineering to implement productivity and yield improvements

· Establish robust, repeatable and reproducible process parameters

· Design, create, and implement fixtures that improve production processes

· Work with supply chain to prepare justification for purchases of capital equipment for production

· Collaborate cross departmentally to evaluate and select various engineered materials and methods

· Conduct DFMEA, DFX and PFMEA analysis on new designs in concert with contract manufactures as appropriate

· Develop and maintain process documentation and methods

· Work with contract manufacturing to transition designs from prototype phases to production

· Maintain and report status updates and project plans for key operations activities

· Support contract manufacturers in line-down situations. Coordinate necessary engineers and resources to root cause manufacturing issues and aide in corrective actions as appropriate

· Drive continuous improvement (CI) projects such as identifying areas for waste reduction and process improvements, providing mentorship for process improvement initiatives, analyze and interpret process data to identify areas for improvement and execute initiatives for improvement

· Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline with a master's degree preferred or equivalent experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, NPI Engineer, Product Line Engineer or related title

· Five years of engineering experience in the design and production of electronics assembly environment

· Demonstrated experience designing processes in a manufacturing environment

· Proven experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing as part of a cross-functional team

· Proven hands-on engineer with a passion for continuous improvement and building the best processes

· Demonstrated experience in fast-paced iterative design environments within a complex electro-mechanical manufacturing industry

· Proven proficiency with DFMEA, DFX and PFMEA methodology and implementation

Desired Expertise:

· Excellent communication skills as all levels of management

· Working knowledge of engineering needs for manufacturing complex electro-mechanical devices at top tier contract manufacturers

· Ability to use CAD software to review and interpret mechanical and electrical designs

· Six Sigma training

We are an equal opportunity employer.