NPI Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

NPI Engineer

This is a great role for an engineer who doesn't want to be limited to one narrow discipline. You will have the opportunity to work on the entire system—from mechanical design and component selection through controls programming, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning.

Immediate Key Responsibilities

• Lead installation, commissioning, and startup of complex process equipment

•  Execute and document FAT/SAT activities, verifying system functionality and customer requirements

•  Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical, electrical, and process issues to ensure successful equipment acceptance

•  Participate in new product and system development

•  Develop and maintain engineering drawings, bills of materials, and manufacturing documentation

•  Integrate pumps, valves, motors, VFDs, sensors, transmitters, and other instrumentation

• Work directly with manufacturing technicians during equipment assembly

• Work with customers, vendors, technicians, and other engineers to solve technical problems

Long-term Responsibilities

(training provided):

• Design mechanical equipment, assemblies, frames, piping layouts, and components using SolidWorks

• Design and modify automated process equipment and purification systems

• Improve and standardize existing equipment designs

• Develop and troubleshoot PLC programs

• Develop and modify HMI interfaces

• Develop equipment sequences, alarms, interlocks, and control logic

• Read and develop P&IDs and electrical/control schematics

• Select mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation components

• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls issues

• Perform system startup, testing, debugging, and factory acceptance testing

•  Support installation and commissioning of equipment at customer facilities

Required Qualifications

•  Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience

•   Experience designing mechanical equipment using SolidWorks

•   Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills

•   Comfortable working hands-on with actual equipment—not just designing from a desk

•   Ability to independently solve technical problems and take ownership of projects

Preferred Qualifications

•  3–7+ years of experience designing or developing automated equipment

•   Experience programming or troubleshooting PLCs

•   Understanding of industrial automation and control systems

•   Ability to read mechanical drawings, P&IDs, and electrical schematics

•   Experience working with sensors, instrumentation, motors, valves, and other industrial components

•   PLC/HMI experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell, Siemens, AutomationDirect, or similar platforms

•   Experience with VFDs, analog instrumentation, digital I/O, communications, and industrial networking

•   Experience with automated machinery, process skids, water treatment, filtration, biotech/pharmaceutical equipment,

laboratory equipment, or similar systems

•  Experience taking equipment from concept through design, fabrication, programming, testing, and commissioning

•  Experience working for an OEM, machine builder, or systems integrator

•  Experience developing standardized or configurable equipment platforms

This is a Permanent position based out of Nashua, NH.

The pay range for this position is $110000.00 - $130000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

medical, generous PTO, 401K match

This is a fully onsite position in Nashua,NH.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 18, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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