Euro Projects Recruitment - Engineering, Manufacturing & Technology
NPI Engineer
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NPI Engineer, Medical Devices, £40,000 - £45,000, Oxfordshire
Are you an NPI Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, or Industrialisation Engineer with experience introducing new products and manufacturing processes within the medical device or another highly regulated industry?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing and innovative medical device engineering company in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, where you will take a leading role in transferring new and modified products from development into controlled manufacture.
The Opportunity:
- Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + benefits
- Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Role: Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and technology transfer projects.
- Responsibilities:
- Take products from development through to controlled manufacture
- Work across manufacturing engineering, process development, validation, and quality
- Develop manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and technical documentation
The Role
As an NPI Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the industrialisation and technology transfer of new and modified medical device products into controlled manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
- Own NPI and technology-transfer plans, including deliverables, schedules, readiness criteria, actions, and technical decisions.
- Ensure that manufacturing processes are robust, controlled, and appropriately validated.
- Ensure that NPI and manufacturing activities meet the required quality and regulatory standards (ISO 13485).
- Lead cross-functional subject matter experts in translating product, design, and customer requirements into repeatable manufacturing processes.
- Plan engineering trials, pilot builds, validation builds, and initial production runs.
- Identify and resolve technical gaps before manufacturing release.
- Assess whether transferred processes are suitable for the required production volume, equipment, facilities, personnel, and environmental controls.
- Provide hands-on engineering support during initial production until processes are stable and formally transferred to Production.
- Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including process flows, Bills of Materials (BOMs), specifications, work instructions, travellers, and inspection methods.
- Define manufacturing sequences, critical process parameters, operating limits, acceptance criteria, and in-process controls.
- Specify and introduce manufacturing equipment, tooling, jigs, fixtures, consumables, and measurement equipment.
- Plan engineering trials, analyze process data, and use the results to improve manufacturing processes.
- Maintain traceability between product requirements, design outputs, manufacturing processes, risk controls, verification, validation, and released documentation.
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Your Background
We are looking for an experienced NPI Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, Industrialisation Engineer, or Technology Transfer Engineer with experience working in a controlled manufacturing environment.
Requirements:
- An Engineering degree or equivalent relevant practical engineering experience.
- Experience within medical devices or another highly regulated industry.
- Working knowledge of ISO 13485.
- Previous experience in NPI, New Product Introduction, manufacturing engineering, process development, industrialisation, or technology transfer.
- Experience creating controlled manufacturing documentation.
- The ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and technical data.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical projects and coordinating subject matter experts.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across different functions.
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Experience within medical devices, precision engineering, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, automotive, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment may be relevant, provided you have strong NPI and controlled manufacturing experience.
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced NPI Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer to take ownership of the transition of innovative medical device products from development into production.
- You will have genuine responsibility for NPI, industrialisation, technology transfer, manufacturing process development, and validation.
- The role offers exposure to the complete journey from engineering and product development through to manufacturing readiness, validation, and initial production.
- You will also have the opportunity to develop your experience within the highly regulated medical device industry, working to ISO 13485 and contributing to products where quality, reliability, and patient outcomes are critical.
- This NPI Engineer job is commutable from Oxford, Didcot, Abingdon, Wantage, Witney, Bicester, Aylesbury, Faringdon, Swindon, and surrounding areas.
To Apply:
Please send your CV to Luke Smith at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.
Visit the Euro Projects Recruitment website to search our latest permanent, contract, and interim vacancies.
Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days, then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful. We thank you for taking the time to apply.
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