Senior Test Engineer - Ninja Product Development at SharkNinja in Needham, MA

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.

The Test Engineering group is a dynamic and focused team of Test Engineers and Technicians who develop test protocols and test plans for the Ninja product lines to help identify any issues within our early concept designs. As such, the ideal candidate will play a key role in helping us evaluate whether our products meet the high demands of our consumers. The position is focused on determining how to evaluate new concepts and technologies, designing and building fixtures to perform these evaluations, and analyzing and reporting the results. There is a high degree of interaction with the Advanced Development Engineering and Product Development teams in this role.

Responsibilities:

Work with Product Development to understand consumer behavior and expectation to develop test methods that predict satisfaction

Quickly gain a solid understanding of current industry test methods and evaluations to build upon

Develop, adapt, validate, and document new concept and technologies test protocols

Design and build automated test fixtures for all Shark product types

Analyze and process test data for reporting to product teams and executive leadership

Hands on involvement in testing and mentoring Test Engineers and Technicians

Maintain test plans at the component and product levels

Assess product specifications through testing

Requirements:

BSME or similar engineering technical discipline major

***This is not a product software development role***

5+ years of product test engineering experience

Previous management experience, including developing others through improved performance-based promotions

Experience designing and building mechanical systems

Proficiency in data analysis and reporting, prior exposure to test procedures is a plus

Ability to translate consumer use cases to repeatable test procedures

Effectively communicate within the department and to senior leadership

Excellent oral and written communication to create reports, write business correspondence, & develop procedures

Change agent with energy, passion, and enthusiasm to drive change

Analytical, problem solving, and root-cause analysis skills

Ability to multi-task and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively

Travel - 10%

This is an ONSITE role in our Needham, MA headquarters

Desired Attributes:

Hands-on with a ‘Tinkerer/builder’ mindset

Ability to identify and apply multiple creative solution potentials to understand and resolve a problem

Follows activities through to completion

Willingness to learn while stepping outside of one’s comfort zone

Experience with any of the following: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Python

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”

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