Senior NPI Engineer

Salary: $101.6K - $139.7K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time

About Flock Safety

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution dedicated to eliminating crime and enhancing community safety. Our intelligent platform unites cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies at scale, fostering collaboration to build a safer future. We provide a full-service, maintenance-free technology solution trusted by communities nationwide to solve and deter crime, ultimately creating safer environments for everyone.

Our comprehensive and intelligent public safety platform delivers actionable evidence crucial for solving, deterring, and reducing crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and entire cities. We are committed to transforming unbiased data into objective answers without compromising transparency or privacy.

At Flock, we offer a career-defining experience where you can make a tangible impact on your community. While safety is our core business, we are a supportive team that optimizes the remote experience to cultivate strong and fulfilling relationships, even when physically apart. Our dedicated employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment that rewards a bias towards action.

Flock has secured over $700M in venture capital funding from prominent investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. With a valuation exceeding $7.5B, Flock is undergoing intentional scaling and is seeking top talent to help us achieve our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% within the next three years.

The Opportunity

Flock is seeking to expand its NPI Engineering organization with a Senior NPI Engineer. As we focus on developing cutting-edge devices, building up the NPI team is critical for launching new products and sustaining existing designs throughout their lifecycle. This role will be instrumental in:

• Supporting new and existing Contract Manufacturers (CMs) to qualify designs for mass production.
• Driving root-cause analysis and corrective action plans to resolve devices held in quarantine.
• Managing continuous improvement initiatives to increase yield and/or reduce production costs.
• Owning the NPI cycle for quality-of-life design changes that enhance the vitality of our existing products.

This is a remote position requiring up to 25% travel.

The Skillset

We are looking for individuals with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in NPI, HW Production/Manufacturing, or similar roles.
• Proficiency in the assembly and testing processes of Mobile, IoT, or imaging devices.
• Demonstrated experience in manufacturing process development and improvement, particularly in fast-paced environments.
• Experience collaborating with subcontractors.
• Broad technical competence across relevant engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Software, etc.).
• A deep understanding of the development cycle as both a process and a discipline, with the ability to apply first principles and maintain focus on goals amidst constant change, learning, and new analysis.
• Familiarity with production processes, including injection molding, PCBA fabrication, and cable over-molding.
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills, with a proven ability to work cross-functionally and drive projects to timely success.

Nice to Have:

• Proficiency in reading schematic diagrams and PCB documentation.
• Experience developing and implementing comprehensive test solutions for new products, encompassing both software and hardware.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) processes for PCB and electronic components production.
• Skilled in using CAD (SolidWorks) for designing manufacturing and testing aids/fixtures.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in utilizing Altium for test fixture circuit design.
• Expertise in optics and image testing and analysis.
• Proven track record of successfully bringing products to market.