New Product Development Manager

Job Description New Product Development (NPD) Manager

Experience: 10–12 Years

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics/EEE/ECE or related discipline.

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced NPD professional with 10–12 years of experience in consumer

electronics product development to lead projects from concept to mass production while

coordinating cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end NPD projects from concept to mass production.
• Coordinate Mechanical, Hardware, Firmware, Software, Quality, SCM and Manufacturing

teams.

• Manage project schedules, risks, milestones and product launch.
• Work with OEM/ODM partners and suppliers.
• Support electronics design reviews and system architecture discussions.
• Coordinate mechanical design, DFM/DFA and plastic mold development.
• Participate in tooling reviews (T0/T1/T2) and engineering changes.
• Drive EVT, DVT and PVT validation.
• Coordinate product certifications (BIS, CE, FCC, RoHS, etc.).
• Finalize BOM and target product cost.
• Drive value engineering and cost optimization.
• Support pilot production and manufacturing ramp-up.

Required Skills

• Electronics product development
• Consumer electronics experience
• Cross-functional team coordination
• NPD Stage-Gate process
• Mechanical design & mold development
• BOM cost finalization
• Basic VOC, HOQ and QFD knowledge
• Supplier management
• Problem solving & communication• Product Management Knowledge
• Basic understanding of:
• Voice of Customer (VOC)
• House of Quality (HOQ)
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
• Product Requirement Definition
• Market Benchmarking
• Competitive Analysis