Engineering Manager

 

Engineering Manager

At SharkNinja, 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 whilst they do. We take a team approach to our projects, where everyone has a voice! SharkNinja recognizes the importance of diversity in the workplace and are committed to hiring a diverse team.

Summary of Position

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help us build a new generation of innovative products across our Shark & Ninja ranges. We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers. You will bring technical substance and inspiration to our creative efforts to deliver credible solution to the market.

Role Functions:

• Leads team to carry out design studies (independently and in teams) to solve technical or consumer issues found in the development of a product.
• Successfully develops team of A-players, helping them to reach their full potential.
• Takes overall ownership of designs through conception, CAD execution, prototyping and verification, whilst consistently working at pace & successfully develops team to do the same.
• Continuously evaluates and improves designs for cost efficiency, 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 optimize designs.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with colleagues.
• Collaborates seamlessly with our multi-functional teams and executive teams to ensure that great ideas make it through to production.

Requirements

• Degree level technical qualification, ideally Mechanical Engineering, Product Design or Industrial Design Engineering.
• Typically 2+ years people management experience.
• Typically 7-10 years proven experience in Mechanical/ Product Design/ Industrial Design environment.
• Team management experience
• Experience in the consumer goods household appliance space desirable
• Experience in plastic manufacturing processes
• Experience of delivering real world products to market
• Uses Solidworks or Creo to a high level, demonstrable experience leading CAD reviews
• Can motivate your team to identify, solve, implement and verify technical solutions autonomously.
• Can effectively manage the “hands-on” - building of prototypes, product testing in the lab, developing and reporting.
• Flexible and collaborative- these are key to success at SharkNinja.
• Positive, driving attitude with an inquisitive nature.
• Appreciation for electrical engineering, software and UX design helpful but not essential.