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NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company · 🇺🇸 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 486 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 167 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level II (43%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
The US Department of Labor certified 486 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 167 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: The NPI Product & Industrialization Engineer is responsible for driving the manufacturing introduction, industrialization, and production readiness of new products within outsourced and ODM manufacturing environments. This role focuses on developing scalable manufacturing processes, production test solutions, product configurations, factory readiness plans, and capacity models to ensure successful product launches and efficient high-volume production. Working closely with R&D, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality, Packaging Engineering, and manufacturing partners, the engineer serves as the primary manufacturing lead during NPI programs, ensuring products are manufacturable, testable, configurable, and operationally ready for mass production. The role also supports sustaining engineering activities, including yield improvement, quality enhancement, process optimization, and cost reduction initiatives throughout the product lifecycle. Key Responsibilities New Product Introduction (NPI) & Manufacturing Readiness • Lead manufacturing introduction and industrialization activities for new products from development through production ramp. • Develop and maintain product BOM structures and support engineering change orders (ECOs) for top-level assemblies. • Define and implement product configurations, bundle options, CTO (Configure-to-Order), and BTS (Build-to-Stock) requirements. • Validate first article builds and assesses manufacturing, configuration, and pack-out readiness. • Coordinate product launch activities with R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, and manufacturing partners. • Serve as the manufacturing representative throughout all phases of NPI and product ramp. Factory Industrialization & Process Development • Design and implement scalable manufacturing processes suitable for high-volume production. • Define manufacturing process flows, operational requirements, and line layouts. • Drive production line setup and factory readiness activities at contract manufacturing and ODM sites. • Conduct time studies, line balancing analyses, and workflow optimization to improve throughput and efficiency. • Develop manufacturing capacity models and ensure appropriate capacity is available at product release. • Establish serialization, traceability, and labeling standards to support manufacturing operations. Production Test & Equipment Implementation • Define high-level production test equipment strategies and manufacturing test process flows. • Specify, procure, and deploy manufacturing test equipment, fixtures, and product handling solutions. • Support qualification and implementation of production test cells at manufacturing sites. • Validate software loading, configuration management, usability, repeatability, and manufacturing test processes. • Provide training and operational support on manufacturing test systems during NPI