New Product Introduction (NPI) Lead Engineer, Global Capacity Planning - Billerica, MA, United States
$112,000 - $150,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing and executing global manufacturing capacity, footprint, and investment strategies. It focuses on aligning manufacturing capabilities, infrastructure, and resources with current and future business needs.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute medium and long-range capacity plans aligned with business growth and customer demand.
- Develop and maintain capacity models, scenario analyses, and planning tools for strategic decision-making.
- Lead global manufacturing footprint and capacity planning initiatives, including network optimization and site expansion.
- Analyze demand forecasts, capacity utilization, equipment constraints, labor requirements, and capital needs.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing transfers, production ramps, capacity expansions, and High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) programs.
- Develop capacity expansion roadmaps, business cases, ROI analyses, and capital expenditure (CEA) recommendations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or master's degree in chemical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, industrial engineering, supply chain, capacity planning, or manufacturing strategy within a global manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience in capacity planning, manufacturing footprint strategy, network optimization, factory expansions, and manufacturing transfers.
- Strong expertise in capacity modeling, scenario planning, demand forecasting, resource planning, and manufacturing network analysis.
- Experience supporting NPI, production ramp-up, capacity expansion, and High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) programs.
- Demonstrated success developing business cases, CapEx/CEA requests, ROI analyses, and capacity investment strategies.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor, advanced technology, electronics, medical device, specialty chemicals, or related high-tech manufacturing industries.
- Experience with Power BI.
- Experience leveraging manufacturing performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and improve operational efficiency.
- Strong track record leading cross-functional initiatives across Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Quality and Business Units.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning such as SAP, MES, Supply Chain Planning & Business Intelligence Systems.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Theory of Constraints.
- Data Analytics & Visualization.
Skills: capacity planning, manufacturing strategy, footprint optimization, NPI, capital planning
This role has been open 15 days — well below the 52-day median for Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering roles.
Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
2505
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$96k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Entegris | All employers we track in this specialty (2505 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 228 | 2505 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 383 | 9907 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 52 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $96k |
Skills observed across this category: capacity planning, manufacturing strategy, footprint optimization, NPI, capital planning
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 398 open roles · median 77 d
- Applied Materials · 256 open roles · median 37 d
- Entegris (this employer) · 227 open roles · median 36 d
- Lam Research · 109 open roles · median 58 d
- Infineon Technologies · 91 open roles · median 57 d
- STMicroelectronics · 70 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 2505 open Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.