Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.
SharkNinja is looking for a self-driven Mechanical Engineer to join the NPD group within Ninja Engineering. This team member will participate in idea generation as well as product development from conceptualization to implementation, and will be directly involved in designing new ideas and technologies that will drive New Product Development. We’re seeking a versatile engineer with the ability to turn concepts into scalable products. This role calls for a champion of design engineering who thrives on architecting innovative products and has a working knowledge of taking products through to manufacturing.
Responsibilities:
- Help drive the engineering design and development of cutting edge products within the Ninja team
- Design and build prototypes for internal review, testing, and consumer validation
- Identification of and solving a broad range of problems using an analytical approach
- Hold cross-functional brainstorming sessions and encourage out-of-the-box thinking
- Participate in peer design reviews. Think critically about new product concepts, and asking the provocative questions necessary for positive change
- Collaborate with R&D, ID, Marketing and Quality teams to develop and design Ninja’s next generation products
- Generation of test reports and proactively communicating status of testing efforts
- Tearing down, debugging, and analyzing electro-mechanical small appliances.
- Creating test protocols of products and generating reports per SharkNinja specifications
- Creating and performing DOE to develop a first principles understanding of key variables
- Reviewing and interpreting test results providing feedback on product improvement solutions
- Researching new technologies with constant learning of what would be possible for use tomorrow
- Implementation and finalization of new ideas with out-of-the-box engineering solutions
- Work within our multi-disciplinary team to define, design, build, and test new products across the lifecycle from initial conception to mass production
- Exploring and sourcing materials, vendors, and components
- Building and troubleshooting prototypes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the detailed design of consumer products
- Understanding of mass production manufacturing techniques for plastic and sheet metal components
- Solid analytical skills, attention to detail, and relentless drive to identify potential problems and take responsibility for their resolution
- Familiar with electro-mechanical assemblies: motors, heating elements, sensors, PCBA’s, buttons, etc.
- Hands-on experience with machine shop equipment
- Fabrication skill, hand tools, ability to prototype quickly
- Flexible, enjoys switching gears, and working in an extremely fast-paced environment
- Desire to play a critical role in shaping the cutting-edge new consumer appliances on store shelves by driving how those products function
- Ability to travel globally, including trips to China and the UK
- Passion for cooking and food a plus!
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering
- Understanding of heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid flow
- 2+ years of experience in product design and development, working within cost and manufacturing limitations
- CAD proficiency in ProE/Creo or SolidWorks
- Familiarity with production processes such as injection molding and sheet metal forming, as well as prototyping techniques such as 3D printing
- Sharing an engineering portfolio which shows examples of prior design work is recommended
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At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA. YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET- Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
- Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
- Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
- Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
- Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at accommodations@sharkninja.com
