Senior Mechanical Engineer - Corded/Cordless Products

About the role

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people's lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we're building an AI-native culture. We're not waiting for the future; we're creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what's possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn't been invented yet, you'll fit right in. Senior Mechanical Engineer - Corded/Cordless Products Needham, MA (On-Site) Build the Products Millions of People Use Every Day At SharkNinja, we don't just design appliances - we rethink what they can do. Our Ninja brand sits in tens of millions of homes worldwide, and the reason our products earn 5-star reviews comes down to the engineering underneath them. We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to help shape what comes next. This is a front-end role. That means you're not inheriting someone else's design brief - you're the one figuring out what's possible before the brief exists. You'll work at the edge of what's technically feasible, turning ambiguous consumer problems into working prototypes, and working prototypes into product roadmap decisions.

Responsibilities

• You'll be embedded in the early-stage innovation phase for Ninja's Corded/Cordless Products product line - the space between "what if?" and "here's proof it works." Your job is to move fast, validate ideas early, and hand off credible, consumer-tested solutions to the development team.
• In practice, that looks like:
• Driving the front-end technology and feasibility roadmap for Corded/Cordless Products products, collaborating with engineering, industrial design, brand, and test kitchen teams across the US, UK, and China
• Building proof-of-concept rigs and functional prototypes to stress-test ideas early - before the business invests in full development
• Working across the full system: mechanical design, sensors, software, batteries, connectivity - you see the whole picture, not just your slice of it
• Communicating ideas rapidly through sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models, and physical prototypes
• Running design and engineering studies - solo and in teams - with the consumer experience as the north star at every stage
• Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to a team culture that treats failure as signal, not setback
• Staying close to IP development, identifying novel and inventive solutions alongside R&D
• What You Bring
• You're a hands-on engineer who's most energized when the problem is undefined. You have strong mechanical fundamentals, an instinct for electromechanical systems, and enough breadth to hold a real conversation with software and electrical teams. You prototype to learn, not just to present.
• Required:
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, or a closely related field
• 4-8+ years of experience in mechanical engineering or product design
• Hands-on experience designing electromechanical products in a product development environment
• Proficiency in SolidWorks or Creo
• Experience with plastic part design, including injection-molded, silicone, and rubber components
• Comfortable in the lab: building prototypes, running tests, reporting findings, and determining next steps
• Strong communicator - you can sketch an idea on a whiteboard and defend it in an engineering review

Requirements

• Background in consumer goods or household appliances
• Experience designing sheet metal components
• Familiarity working with IP teams to identify novel or inventive solutions
• Why This Role, Why Now
• If you want to do the most interesting work of your career on products that actually reach people's lives, we'd like to meet you.
• Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable

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