Engineering Manager, NPD-Coffee & Beverage

Engineering Manager, NPD — Coffee & Beverage

SharkNinja | Needham, MA

About SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, our purpose is to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world. We work 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 it.

We take a team approach to our projects, where everyone has a voice. SharkNinja recognizes the importance of diversity in the workplace and is committed to hiring a diverse team. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About the Role

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, NPD to help us build a new generation of innovative Coffee & Beverage products across our Shark & Ninja ranges.

This role is the US engineering anchor for the category, leading the subsystems with the most direct consumer KPI and touchpoint impact — the parts of the product that drive star ratings, daily user experience, and brand-critical sensory performance. You will lead a small US-based team of two direct reports focused on KPI- and touchpoint-driving subsystems on our flagship beverage appliance programs, while acting as the category-level technical representative to executive leadership.

Expected split: ~70% program-level subsystem delivery and people leadership / ~30% category-level representation.

This role suits an experienced engineer who applies first-principles thinking and sound judgment to solve complex problems across thermal, fluidic, and electromechanical domains — equally comfortable in a CAD/lab environment as in an executive review.

What You'll Do

Program Delivery & People Leadership (~70%)

• Lead a US-based team of two engineers, setting clear technical direction, reviewing work, managing prioritization, and providing regular structured feedback and coaching
• Take overall ownership of KPI-critical subsystem designs through conception, CAD execution, prototyping, and verification — working at pace and developing the team to do the same
• Drive subsystem performance against category KPIs using quantitative test and DOE methods to close the loop from consumer requirement to measurable design parameter
• Continuously evaluate and improve designs for cost efficiency, manufacturing improvements, increased quality, and consumer value
• Build and test prototypes to de-risk concepts, validate assumptions, and drive design decisions; plan and run DOEs, analyze results, and translate findings into specification and design changes
• Represent the global team's work in program reviews and take accountability for the quality and timeliness of their deliverables
• Collaborate seamlessly with the UK-based program engineering team and coordinate closely with US-based Product Management, Industrial Design, and Technical/Technology teams
• Coordinate effectively with China-based manufacturing and engineering partners to support design-for-manufacture and production scale-up

Category Representation (~30%)

• Serve as the technical voice of the US Coffee & Beverage engineering team in executive-level reviews, portfolio planning sessions, and cross-category forums
• Synthesize technical status, risk, and learning across multiple active programs into clear, decision-grade communications for executive audiences
• Lead post-mortem and lessons-learned activities across the category; identify systemic issues and drive process or architectural improvements across programs
• Contribute to category-level technology roadmaps and long-range capability planning alongside engineering leadership on both sides of the Atlantic

What You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelor' Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Product Design
• 5+ years of proven experience in Mechanical / Product Design including at least one full concept-to-production cycle
• 2+ years of people management experience, with demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and hold accountability for a team of engineers
• Experience interfacing and presenting updates to senior or executive leadership who will be both of a technical and non-technical nature.
• Demonstrated ability to translate consumer KPIs and qualitative product requirements into concrete, measurable design parameters and test protocols, including DOE planning and interpretation
• Experience in plastic manufacturing processes and high-volume consumer goods environments
• Proficiency in SolidWorks or Creo to a high level, with demonstrable experience leading CAD reviews
• Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical and executive audiences — in writing, presentations, and live Q&A
• Experience working effectively in distributed, multi-site engineering environments (US, UK, China, or similar)
• Flexible, collaborative, and positive — with a proactive problem-solving mindset and comfort working semi-autonomously under ambiguity

Preferred

• Experience in consumer household appliances, particularly coffee, espresso, or hot-beverage products
• Familiarity with beverage appliance components: pumps, thermoblocks/boilers, solenoid valves, flow meters, grinders, pressure regulation, and safety devices
• Appreciation for electrical engineering, software, and UX design
• Experience presenting to executive stakeholders and synthesizing technical content across multiple programs

SharkNinja is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive team.