NPI Program Manager, R&D Test Engineering

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

nVent is seeking an NPI Program Manager, Test Engineering to join our PMO and play a critical role in ensuring successful execution of engineering test plans across our New Product Introduction (NPI) portfolio.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

This role owns planning, coordination and risk management of test activities across multiple inflight NPI projects spanning two businesses. This position is hyperfocused on the test scope of NPI programs-partnering closely with Engineering and the on-site Test Lab to ensure testing is properly planned, prioritized, resourced, and executed against committed schedules.

By owning upstream test planning and crossproject coordination, this role helps prevent late surprises, capacity conflicts, and execution delays-ultimately improving timetomarket and ontime delivery.

Responsibilities:

Test Planning & Coordination

• Partner with engineering teams to define detailed, standardized test plans for each NPI project.

• Ensure test plans are aligned with overall NPI schedules, milestones, and phasegate expectations.

• Facilitate early engagement with the test lab to communicate upcoming test needs, priorities, and dependencies.

• Maintain a centralized, portfoliolevel view of all planned and inprogress testing activities across business units.

Execution Readiness & Visibility

• Track and communicate test readiness, execution status versus plan, and key risks to stakeholders.

• Identify potential conflicts related to test timing, lab capacity, equipment availability, or crossproject dependencies.

• Act as the voice of the project to ensure test needs are understood and appropriately prioritized.

• React with urgency when testing does not go according to plan, driving alignment on recovery actions.

Risk Management & Issue Resolution

• Proactively identify testrelated risks early in the project lifecycle.

• Drive coordination and resolution of test conflicts across engineering teams, lab resources, and programs.

• Support contingency planning to mitigate delays in test execution and protect critical milestones.

Process, Tools & Continuous Improvement

• Create and maintain standardized test planning templates, processes, and best practices.

• Develop or enhance dashboards and reporting tools that improve transparency into test schedules, status, and lab capacity.

• Drive continuous improvement in how test planning is integrated into the NPI lifecycle across businesses.

• Support PMO efforts to standardize and scale NPI execution practices.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field

• Ideally 10+ years of experience in program/project management, NPI, or engineering operations

• Strong understanding of engineering test processes and how testing fits into the product development lifecycle

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, crossfunctional plans with multiple stakeholders

• Experience working with engineering teams and test or validation organizations

• Strong communication, organization, and riskmanagement skills

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent's pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan - both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.