# Product Engineering NPI Team Lead

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $208k – $263k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Npi, Program Management, Stage-Gate Processes, Eco Management, Change Management, Portfolio Management, Manufacturing Transfer, Risk Management, Raci, Hardware Oem
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Leads Fluidstack’s NPI function, building stage-gate and manufacturing-transfer processes while managing a TPM team and portfolio of hardware programs spanning compute and power equipment. Requires 10+ years in hardware NPI or program management and 3+ years leading TPM or NPI teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build the NPI process from scratch, including stage-gate definitions, readiness criteria, and ECO/change discipline across compute racks and medium-voltage switchgear.
- Lead and develop the NPI technical program management team, allocating three TPMs across six product families.
- Own portfolio-level program visibility, status reporting, and risk reporting.
- Establish transfer-to-manufacturing standards and production handoff exit criteria with manufacturing engineering.
- Maintain clear RACI ownership between TPMs and engineering technical leads.
- Manage concurrent NPI programs across multiple product lines and keep schedules, readiness, and risks visible.
- Enforce change discipline involving ECOs, deviations, and readiness criteria.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in NPI or program management at a hardware OEM or ODM.
- 3+ years leading TPM or NPI teams.
- Experience building stage-gate processes, readiness criteria, and ECO discipline from scratch.
- Experience leading and developing TPM or NPI teams.
- Experience managing multiple product lines simultaneously.
- Ability to create lightweight NPI processes that engineers adopt and use.

## Nice-to-haves
- Portfolio management tooling experience.
- Experience with products spanning compute and power equipment.
- Experience transferring manufacturing to new plants.
- Experience building teams from zero.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: $208,000–$263,000.

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