Engineering Technician II, New Product Integration

Engineering Technician II, New Product Integration Ubicación: Kohler Reynosa, Tamps . / Onsite OPPORTUNITY This is more than a job posting for Kohler Company, one of the oldest and largest privately held companies in North America. This is an invitation to collaborate and apply your craft in a creative, conscious, and characterful culture. We are seeking a detail-oriented and hands-on NPI Engineering Technician II to support the successful launch of new products from prototype through manufacturing readiness. In this role, you will partner closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Operations, and New Product Development teams to build prototypes, execute line trials, troubleshoot early-build issues, document process requirements, and support launch deliverables. This position plays a critical role in ensuring new products are introduced safely, efficiently, and “Right the First Time,” with a strong focus on Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES • Prototype Assembly: Build early-stage product prototypes, using preliminary Bill of materials and drawings. • Line Trials: Assist in leading and executing manufacturing line trials for new products to check baseline safety, quality, SCRAP and yield. • Issue Tracking: Document and track any anomalies, structural defects, or assembly bugs identified during the initial trial runs. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Manufacturing Engineers and Quality Assurance teams to isolate root causes of early build failures. • Process Documentation: Help draft clear, standardized standard operating procedures (SOPs) and manufacturing work instructions for downstream factory staff. • Line setup: Ensure manufacturing equipment and production lines are working safely to standard operational baseline configurations post-trial. • Material control: Responsible to maintain inventories of materials and samples from NPI trials. • Sample shipments: Follow up sample shipments as required, ensure material delivery on time as required. • Material disposition: Create approval formats and dispose material to SCRAP area. • Meetings: Participate actively in Tier II meetings, NPI meetings as required. Provide status of NPI activities and visibility of issues that may request support from the Ops team. • NPI Build report: Responsible to prepare and present results after NPI trials. RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS Supervisory Relationships: • Reports To: Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineering -New Product Integration Organization Relationships: • Has contact with all levels of operations management. • Has frequent contact with manufacturing plant • Has frequent contact with Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, Safety, Product Engineering, New Product Development, Quality Control, import/export and Production control. • Has sporadic contact with Project leaders.