Product Design Engineer, SharkNinja
Motorized
$78-110k
Plus employee stock purchase program
Office located in Needham, MA
Home devices and appliances
Be an early applicant
Home devices and appliances
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$78-110k
Plus employee stock purchase program
Office located in Needham, MA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world.
Role
Who you are
- You're proactive, organized, and results-driven — an engineer who takes ownership of technical challenges and thrives on collaboration. Specifically:
- A degree in Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Industrial Design Engineering
- Mechanical or product design experience in a New Product Development environment
- Strong command of plastics, manufacturing processes, and design for manufacture principles
- Track record taking products through multiple lifecycle stages, concept to production
- High proficiency in SolidWorks, Creo, or comparable CAD
- Experience planning and executing verification and validation activities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured engineering approach
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration across global teams
- An appreciation for electronics, software integration, and user experience in consumer products
- Nice to have: experience developing consumer products or household appliances
What the job involves
- Turn concepts into products that reach millions of people. As a Product Design Engineer II on our New Product Development team, you'll own mechanical design from concept through production launch — balancing performance, quality, cost, and manufacturability at every step
- You'll work from our Needham office as part of a global cross-functional team, partnering daily with Design, Product Development, Electrical Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain colleagues in the UK and China. If you like hard technical problems, driving execution, and seeing your work land in consumers' hands, this is that role
- Design and develop mechanical systems, components, and assemblies across the full product development lifecycle
- Own engineering deliverables from concept refinement through detailed design, validation, and production release
- Build robust, manufacturable designs grounded in strong engineering principles and DFMA methodology
- Create and maintain 3D CAD models, drawings, specifications, and product documentation
- Run engineering analysis, tolerance assessments, risk evaluations, and trade-off studies to drive design decisions
- Plan, build, and test prototypes to validate performance, reliability, and user experience
- Partner with Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Software, Quality, and Manufacturing to deliver integrated solutions
- Support supplier engagement and manufacturing development to ensure successful industrialization
- Lead root cause investigations and implement fixes for technical challenges across development and testing
- Support product verification, validation, and regulatory compliance
- Contribute to continuous improvement and share engineering best practices across teams
Our take
With more people looking for home products that work harders and smarter, SharkNinja has become a household name. Through its Shark line of cleaning and home care tools and Ninja range of kitchen appliance the company creates solutions that simplify daily routines and overall enhance modern living.
SharkNinja has been in operation since 1994, which is testament to the quality and popularity of its products. Since its initial launch in Canada, the company has expanded into the US and the UK. In 2017 SharkNinja was bought by CDH Private Equity for over $1.5 Billion, further proof of its impressive market value. Perhaps more evidence is that it brings in annual revenues of around $4B.
It continues to hold a strong position in the home appliance market too, competiting with big brands like Dyson. Its Shark line lead the US upright vacuum, segment, while its presence in robotics vacuums reflects steady growth in a compeititve space. Since going public, the company has m,aintained a rapid pace of innovation, launching numerous new products eacxh pear and expanding into adjecent categories such as outdoor coolers and grills. With a growing global footprint and a focus ons mart design, usabiluity, and category expansion, SharkNinja is very well positioned to continue shaping the futur of home appliances.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Needham Heights, Needham, MA
Leadership
Mark Rosenzweig
(Founder)Founded SharkNinja in 1994. Has won three Red Dot Awards for product Design.
Mark Barrocas
(CEO)Mark joined SharkNinja in 2008 as CEO. Prior to this, he spent 3 years at Aramark Uniform Services as the President of the WearGuard Division. Prior to that, he spent 4 years at Broder Bros as the President and 2 years at Perry Ellis International as VP of Corporate Sales.
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