Senior Sustainability Mechanical Engineer- R&D

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.

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. 

Are you ready to take your Mechanical Engineering skills to the next level and join a company that thrives on Innovation?  If yes, I have the perfect position for you!  

Our mission to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world allows our employees to be thinkers and tinkerers, designers and doers, creators and number crunchers, makers of things they love.  As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a Senior Sustainability Mechanical Engineer to our global team.  

Overview:  

The R&D Team at SharkNinja is looking for dynamic, creative, talented, inspirational, and committed Senior Sustainability Mechanical Engineer to help deliver an extraordinary pipeline of new, environmentally advanced products.   

SharkNinja is committed to reducing our environmental impacts and is seeking a creative problem solver to advance the development of low carbon products. This individual possesses an intuitive grasp of physics and engineering fundamentals, is equally comfortable hacking together a prototype in the lab or analyzing the results of a test, and is passionate about solving the tough engineering challenges required to deliver environmentally sustainable product innovations to market.  

This role calls for an experienced hands-on engineer who has a deep understanding of energy efficiency and sustainable material technologies, a natural curiosity and creativity on how to leverage them in new ways, and an ability to collaborate cross functionally with engineering and product development teams to help bring these products to market.  

EXCITING things you’ll get to do:  

• Actively support the development of sustainable consumer products by identifying lower impact opportunities and using hands-on design skills, testing and problem solving to demonstrate the feasibility of your solutions.
• Investigate and identify both commercially available and next generation technologies to greatly improve the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of key products
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product Development teams daily to rapidly progress the understanding of systems, environmental performance levers, and tradeoffs  
• Bring together team members from other disciplines to brainstorm, solve problems, build proof-of-concept prototypes, and test them thoroughly  
• Work closely with and guide co-ops and interns   
• See the culmination of your efforts with the team come to life on the shelf in stores, online, and in infomercials through products with a reduced carbon footprint  
  
  

Attributes and Skills:  

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering    
• 5 years of related experience in design and development   
• Demonstrated ability to bring enabling energy efficiency and environmentally responsible technologies into innovative products in the market 
• Solid analytical skills, a methodical mindset with strong attention to detail, and relentless drive to identify potential problems and take responsibility for their resolution  
• Skilled communicator able to explain working principles, synthesize data into learnings and the impact to design choices, and make recommendations to both technical and non-technical colleagues  
• Awareness of global eco legislation for consumer products and how products can be future proofed through design
• Experience working in a laboratory setting with various test equipment and instrumentation conducting controlled experiments on something you have designed and built  
• Proficient CAD user, Solidworks or CREO   
• Organized, skilled using Excel, Python, or Matlab (or similar programs) to synthesize test data into learnings  
• Enjoys fostering meaningful professional relationships with colleagues  
• Due to the hands-on nature of the role working closely with a team, this role is an in-person role at our Needham, MA office  
  
  

Preferred Attributes:  

• Previous experience in an applied R&D role working for a consumer product company or a consultant company  
• Experience with electronics (analog/digital), related test equipment, and components common in small appliances (sensors, motors, heaters, PCBAs, etc.)   
• Understanding of applied fluid mechanics and heat transfer 
• Experience in product design and development including designing and executing an experimental test plan to guide design decisions 
• Comfortable multitasking and responding quickly to shifting priorities without losing sight of longer-term projects and goals  
• Experience working with external experts or consultancies
  
  

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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