Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.
The NPD Engineer - Global manages the operational aspects of small engineering projects from inception through implementation. Coordinates cross-functional teams and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
About Your Role:
New product development of low-medium-high voltage electrical products
Participate in the introduction of new product designs into production
Evaluate existing product lines and identify design modifications for cost reduction and/or performance Improvement
Interface with Customers to define applications and fuse requirements and identify product design opportunities and solutions
Maintains accurate and valid project planning documentation for assigned projects, including schedule and resource plans.
Coordinates the relationship with the team for flawless execution of projects.
Tracks, reports on relevant communications, including issues, dependencies and risks as appropriate and in accordance with project governance.
Other duties as assigned.
About You:
Education: Bachelor's or university degree in Engineering
Experience:
Fluent in English and Spanish (Verbal and written communications skills)
5 years experience designing electromechanical products
5 years experience with 3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor preferred)
Solid analytical and problem solving skills
Proven project management skills
Familiarity with manufacturing processes
Knowledge of third-party agency approval processes
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 — 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or university degree in Engineering
- 5 years experience designing electromechanical products
- 5 years experience with 3D CAD (Autodesk Inventor preferred)
- Fluent in English and Spanish
- Solid analytical and problem solving skills
- Proven project management skills
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes
- Knowledge of third-party agency approval processes
Littelfuse Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Littelfuse and has not been reviewed or approved by Littelfuse.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan includes a company match with an additional annual contribution, with plan details also referenced in corporate filings. This structure indicates dependable retirement support across U.S. roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A Lifestyle Spending Account and tuition reimbursement, plus wellness resources and an Employee Assistance Program, expand the package beyond core insurance. Development programs such as Lean Six Sigma certifications reinforce a holistic rewards mix.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage are standard and described as solid and workable. Coverage breadth is supported globally with EAP access.
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What We Do
Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927. View our broad and deep product portfolio: https://www.littelfuse.com/ Littelfuse has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring a diversified workforce through equal employment opportunities. Maintaining a diversified workforce is critical to the success of our organization. Each associate receives equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex (with or without sexual conduct), marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, order of protection status, military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service, and any other protected class under federal, state or local law
