Senior NPI Production Controller (Onsite)

Date Posted: 2025-02-21 Country: United States of America Location: HFL34: Melbourne, FL 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd , Melbourne, FL, 32902-2704 USA Position Role Type: Onsite The New Product Introduction (NPI) Production Controller plays a critical role in planning and preparing manufacturing schedules for the introduction of new products, ensuring that all production timelines and material requirements are met. This position is responsible for managing the flow of materials, components, and subassemblies to ensure a smooth and efficient transition from prototype to full-scale production. The NPI Production Controller will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, procurement, quality, and operations, to drive the successful launch of new products. This role is designed for a highly experienced scheduling professional who is adept at working independently, addressing challenges, and implementing effective solutions, while ensuring the smooth flow of materials and maintaining inventory accuracy for new products. The ideal candidate will take ownership of material allocation decisions, manage delivery schedules, and serve as the primary point of contact for production-related issues, ensuring a seamless process throughout the NPI phase. What You Will Do: • Monitors the timely delivery, assembly, and distribution of materials specifically for new product development and introduction, expediting the flow of prototype parts, components, and materials to meet key NPI production schedules and milestones. • Collaborates with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Procurement, and Operations) to ensure seamless integration of materials planning for NPI projects, ensuring timely material availability and the resolution of any potential delays that could affect the product introduction. • Makes critical decisions regarding material allocation and prioritization for NPI projects, ensuring that key components and materials are prioritized based on project needs, critical timelines, and production requirements to support the successful introduction of new products. • Serves as the primary point of contact for resolving materials and logistics challenges related to NPI, ensuring that issues in sourcing, shipping, or production are quickly addressed and resolved to prevent delays in the new product development process. • Recommends and implements solutions to mitigate delays, unforeseen changes, or cost fluctuations during the NPI phase, ensuring that material supply challenges do not impact timelines, product quality, or cost targets for new product launches. • 5-10% domestic travel as needed. Qualifications You Must Have: • Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience. • Prior experience with SAP or similar platform. • U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required. https://wwurrew.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62 Qualifications We Prefer: • Experience with avionics manufacturing processes. • Experience in applying CORE principles. • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word). • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills. • Strong knowledge of materials management, procurement, and inventory control processes. • Familiarity with New Product Introduction processes and cross-functional team collaboration. What We Offer: Some of our competitive benefits package includes: • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees • Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option • Tuition reimbursement program • Student Loan Repayment Program • Life insurance and disability coverage • Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning • Adoption Assistance • Autism Benefit • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions • Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program • Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits • Bright Horizons, child and elder care services • Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program • And more! May be eligible for relocation. Learn More & Apply Now! #reempowerprogram This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX. Minimum Program Qualifications: • Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application • Have prior experience in functional area of interest • Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time. Start your application today. Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn't be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers - a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs). Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global, diverse organization that doesn't shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies. Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way - the right way - to achieve what others can only dream of. *Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again. Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day. The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window. RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms