Manager, Engineering – Robotics

About Us

SharkNinjais a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positivelyimpactpeoples lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted global brands Shark and Ninja the company has a proventrack recordof bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowedSharkNinjato enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than4100associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja were building an AI-native culture. Were not waiting for the future; were creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly adopt new tools and continuously raise whats possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasnt been invented yet youll fit right in.

SharkNinja Needham MA (on-site)

Robots that clean peoples homes have to work every single day in every kind of house without being babysat. Thats a hard engineering problem and its yours.

Youll lead a multidisciplinary team mechanical electrical firmware/controls and systems engineers building the next generation of autonomous products in our robotics portfolio. Concept to mass production at pace with prototypes on your bench.

The system. Full ownership of robotic system design across mechanical electrical and embedded/controls through concept CAD/CAE prototyping V&V and into mass production.

The integration. Sensors (LiDAR cameras IMUs cliff and bump) actuators and motors batteries and embedded electronics brought together into one reliable machine and the system-level testing that proves it.

The team. Hiring developing and stretching a group of A-players toward what they actually want their careers to be.

The tradeoffs. Continuous improvement of designs for cost manufacturability quality reliability and consumer value applying tolerance stack-up DFM/DFA and electromechanical assembly judgment for high-volume production.

The connective tissue. Working seamlessly with our UK and China product development teams and with executive leadership so good ideas survive the trip to production.

• 6 years in product development robotics or a related field ideally somewhere fast-paced and startup-like
• A record of shipping robust elegant solutions to hard engineering problems leading projects and mentoring engineers
• Product execution experience in consumer products or consumer robotics
• Strong mechanical engineering and physics fundamentals: mechanical design kinematics dynamics fluid mechanics
• Working command of robotics fundamentals sensing actuation motion planning controls embedded systems enough to guide and evaluate a technical team
• Hands-on familiarity with electronics test equipment and robotics components: sensors motors motor drivers batteries PCBAs embedded controllers
• Excellent CAD skills
• BS MS or BA in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Robotics Mechatronics or similar)

Strong plus: embedded firmware controls algorithms or robotics software stacks (motion control SLAM/localization sensor integration).

You break complex problems down to first principles build a plan and execute fail-fast progress over perfection. You chase down potential problems before they surface and take ownership of fixing them. You explain technical work clearly to non-technical colleagues. You argue for your ideas hard and you let your ideas get argued with.

This role is on-site in Needham MA the work is hands-on with product and prototypes.