Senior Product Design Engineer, SharkNinja
New Product Development
Home devices and appliances
Job no longer available
Home devices and appliances
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
SharkNinja's mission is to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world.
Role
Who you are
- You should be able to articulate technical aspects to the global team and build a professional, symbiotic network within the company, and be able to guide more junior members of the team
- Degree-level technical qualification, ideally Product Design Engineering, Mechanical or Industrial Design Engineering
- Typically 4-7 years proven experience in Mechanical/ Product Design environment
- Experience in the consumer goods household appliance space desirable
- Experience in plastic manufacturing processes desirable
- Experience in delivering real-world products to market
- Ability to use SolidWorks and/or Creo CAD package(s) to a very high level
- Ability and drive to identify, solve, implement, and verify user and technical solutions autonomously
- “Hands-on” experience. Ability to independently build prototypes, develop test plans and execute against those plans in a lab environment, action and report the resulting data
- Flexible and collaborative - these are key to success at SharkNinja
- Positive attitude with an inquisitive nature
- Appreciation for electrical engineering, software and UX design helpful but not essential
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Product Design Engineer to join our London-based New Product Development team, building a new generation of innovative products within the Ninja Coffee Team
- We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers
- Working as part of our London Design Office, you will bring technical substance and inspiration to our creative efforts to deliver credible solutions to populate our product roadmap, and ultimately to the market
- Your role as a Senior Engineer is to use your real-world experience to consistently and collaboratively deliver project objectives throughout the product design cycle, semi-autonomously
- Takes a senior role in the origination of novel concepts and technologies for our next generation of products
- Defines elegant but robust solutions to satisfy the products’ functional requirements
- Mentors more junior team members, with potential for line management if desired. Supports all team members and encourages their efforts
- Lead design studies (independently and in teams) to solve technical or consumer issues found in the development of a product
- Takes ownership of designs and is able to drive these through conception, CAD and visualisation, prototyping and verification, whilst consistently working at pace
- Is able to work both autonomously and collaboratively as required and able to switch approach quickly as technical solutions gain traction through the wider global engineering team
- Continuously evaluates and improves designs for cost-effectiveness, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value to consumers
- Applies sound engineering/ product design standards to deliver real solutions
- Applies understanding & experience of high-volume manufacturing processes and materials to optimise designs
- Communicates effectively and professionally with colleagues
- Collaborates seamlessly with our U.S. and China based Product Development, multi-functional teams and executive teams to ensure that great ideas make it through to production
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Consumer demand for new and better home appliances continues to grow. SharkNinja serves this demand by designing and manufacturing innovative home goods and devices. Specifically, it has a growing line of solutions that consist of Shark cleaning and home care products and Ninja kitchen appliances.
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.
SharkNinja’s main challenge is facing down big-name competitors such as home appliance giant Dyson. In fact, through innovative design, it seized the market-leading spot in traditional vacuums from Dyson and is only second to iRobot in sales of robotic models. A 2023 IPO saw an extra $296 million in funding added to SharkNinja's pot and was followed by product launches in new sectors such as air conditioning and food cooling, indicating that the company is still full of new product ideas.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Employer paid group benefits including medical, dental, life insurance and more
- Competitive RRSP matching program
- 16 vacation days to start
- Paid sick days
- Paid volunteer and cultural days
- Employee & Family Assistance program
- An opportunity to accelerate your career with world class brands
- Continuous development and mentoring
- Opportunity to join various employee-based affinity groups
- Diverse, inclusive, and community-minded organization
- Wellness program offering free virtual fitness classes and a fitness reimbursement
- Employee product discounts
Company HQ
Needham Heights, Needham, MA
Leadership
Mark Rosenzweig
(Founder)Founded SharkNinja in 1994. Has won three Red Dot Awards for product Design.
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