Engineering Manager, R&D

About The Role:  

Here at SharkNinja we are looking for a Vice President (VP) to lead a global team of talented Product Design and Mechanical Engineers. We are seeking a true NPD Leader who can direct and govern the design process leading teams through innovation and detailed development of robust consumer-centric concepts, architectures, and technologies that will become the next generation SharkNinja products.  

The role requires you to work seamlessly with our Global team of product developers to deliver consumer-focused concept product design ideas and lead those and your team through each development phase to Mass Production.  

You'll be a natural and effective communicator, capable of reducing abstract concepts to reality quickly and easily digestible for senior executive leadership 

As the VP of Engineering, you'll have the ability to lead a team to quickly generate visual and physical definitions of new products that convey key attributes of function and layout  

It's important that you are self-motivated, passionate and product focused, with an obsessive eye for details and a drive to always make progress.  

Here are some of the exciting things you’ll get to do:       

• Work with our Advanced Development, R&D, Product Development, Quality and Product Marketing teams to ensure a cohesive approach to the design of our products.  

• Support the communication of ideas quickly and be able to drive a team in effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models and working prototypes to evaluate potential solutions.  

• Inject energy, enthusiasm, and creativity into everything you touch.  

• Be able to vigorously defend the best ideas but be open and receptive to input from a broad creative team.  

• Apply sound engineering principles to technical problems.  

• Apply a comprehensive understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes and materials to optimize designs.  

• Confidence in managing external providers of technology solution to reduce our time to market.  

• Develop and execute verification and validation test plans. 

• Understand the importance of clear product definition during the design process but be able to appreciate the spark of inspiration. 

• Be naturally curious and relentlessly driven to find better solutions to everyday problems. 

• Demonstrate integrity and courage in the way you work; breaking the mold is not easy. 

• Continually evaluate and improve designs for cost effectiveness, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value. 

• Identify new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.  

Here are some of the things you’ll bring: 

• Proven track record of driving profitable Consumer Product concept ideas through selection processes, into tooling, and mass production 
  
• Successfully leading and inspiring cross functional engineering teams at a global level.

• The ideal candidate will have a degree-level technical qualification, probably Mechanical or Product Design Engineering, with significant product design content.  

• Extensive experience in a mechanical/product design environment  

• Strong leadership experience required with excellent communication skills and an inspirational leadership style.  

• Proven structured approach to creative problem solving and basic mechanical physical principles  

• Extensive experience required in areas of High-Volume Plastic Injection Molding, Sheet Metal, Die Casting etc.     

• Strong understanding of the Product Design Selection Processes and a proven track record of invention and mechanical design conceptual and detailed development  

• Experience of high-volume manufacturing, design for manufacturing and manufacturing engineering and process control.