NPI Engineering Project Manager at Vantedge Medical – Durham, Connecticut

NPI Engineering Project Manager

Full-time | Permanent | On-Site | Salaried

*We are not currently working with third party agencies on this role.

About Us:

Hobson & Motzer is now part of Vantedge Medical! Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovation, specializing in the development and manufacturing of vital components for medical markets such as Robotic Assisted Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Instruments, Dental, and more. Our teams work in unison, collaborating and problem-solving to serve the manufacturing needs of the top Medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe. Making a difference in the lives of patients and their families drives us to go above and beyond every day. With a steadfast commitment to advancing medical technology, we take immense pride in the work we do – and have a lot of fun doing it.

Hobson & Motzer is a vertically integrated manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies serving the needs of the medical device market and other advanced industries. We operate two manufacturing plants with primary operations—and headquarters—centrally located in Durham, CT; our Advanced Manufacturing Center is just a few miles away in Wallingford, CT. Description. Join an organization that has a reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise. Our employees use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services and solutions in the industry.

About this Opportunity:

This Project Manager (PM), NPI Engineering position will be based in our Hobson & Motzer site in Durham CT. This position will be responsible for overall management of our New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, driving the success of those programs, and ensuring customer communications are timely and accurate.

The individual will partner with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to ensure successful product launches, optimized manufacturability, and competitive pricing.

As a Project Manager (PM), NPI Engineering at our Hobson & Motzer site in Durham, CT, you will have the opportunity to provide overall management of our site’s NPI programs ensuring programs are well planned and efficiently executed. You will be able to work with internal and external customers and resources while overseeing all aspects of projects, including ownership of specific projects. This is a great role to expand your existing project management and business knowledge as you will be involved from the initial quote process, including customer proposals, to the final production stabilization while launching medical devices, which positively affect patients’ lives.

This position requires strong technical expertise, project leadership, and the ability to balance execution with strategic thinking. The successful candidate will have product and process knowledge in addition to strong PM skills. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude, attention to detail, and willingness to be hands-on when task completion is required and wants to grow professionally with high internal expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of all site-based NPI programs including status and resource planning.
• Lead individual end-to-end NPI programs from concept through production transfer.
• Develop and manage project timelines, budgets, risks, and resource plans across all programs.
• Serve as primary customer interface for project execution and communication.
• Detect and work to mitigate project slippage.
• Facilitate meetings with the lead engineer and key players assigned to the projects.
• Ensure achievement of project milestones and customer deliverables.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to support proposal development and customer discussions.
• Report NPI status and performance to executive management.
• Provide next steps required when problems arise.
• Ensure internal and external customer expectations are met or exceeded.
• Researching outside services or new processes
• Facilitate teams to help expedite elements of a project.
• Ability and willingness to contribute to individual engineering tasks as needed to advance projects.
• Infrequent travel as needed for site-visits, customer meetings, and industry events.

• Engineering or bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 7+ years of work experience in similar technical roles including medical device or regulated industry manufacturing required.
• Understanding and experience in precision progressive die stamping, coining, secondary tooling, CNC machining, and inspection is strongly preferred.
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment required.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.
• Experience in medical devices is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Working knowledge of ISO and FDA regulations and GD&T required.