What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead NPI Technician position at Base Power Company?
Our mission at Base is to fix the power grid and enable affordable and reliable electricity for all. To do that, we are building America's Next-Generation Power Company; the first engineering-led, technology-focused, R&D-driven electricity company. We are a team of tenacious engineers, operators, and creatives who have solved hard problems and are here to do it again.
Base is seeking a Lead New Product Introduction Technician to support the development of new processes and carrying out each trial exactly to the established product specification. This includes managing the program from early prototype builds through to the launch of the production line.
Responsibilities:
Base is seeking a Lead New Product Introduction Technician to support the development of new processes and carrying out each trial exactly to the established product specification. This includes managing the program from early prototype builds through to the launch of the production line.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in validating manufacturing processes to ensure product specifications are achieved.
- Lead prototype build trials for new products and processes.
- Support quality assurance and procedures by testing and validating systems and parts.
- Conduct trial preparation by ensuring part availability, line readiness, and data recording requirements.
- Complete trial reports to document observations, analysis, and results/recommendations.
- Serve as subject matter expert (SME) on trials to ensure proper validation procedures are followed.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate the best processes roll-out.
- Provide feedback in change control meetings.
- Previous experience leading/mentoring indirect reporting crews of 5 or more.
- Basic understanding of electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical systems.
- Ability to read and understand manufacturing instructions and mechanical drawings with basic understanding of electrical systems.
- Must have a high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail, married with the ability to work quickly.
- Must be reliable, have good initiative, committed, and quality focused and have the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
- Be comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously, with ability to interact with multiple teams.