About Us

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 - Coffee – 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.

What You'll Own

You'll be embedded in the early-stage innovation phase — 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 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

Nice to Have (But Not Required)

Background in consumer goods or household appliances
Experience designing sheet metal components
Familiarity working with IP teams to identify novel or inventive solutions