Manager, Engineering – Robotics

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Manager, Engineering — Robotics SharkNinja | Needham, MA (on-site) Robots that clean people's homes have to work every single day, in every kind of house, without being babysat. That's a hard engineering problem, and it's yours. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team — mechanical, electrical, firmware/controls, and systems engineers — building the next generation of autonomous products in our robotics portfolio. Concept to mass production, at pace, with prototypes on your bench.

Requirements

6+ years in product development, robotics, or a related field — ideally somewhere fast-paced and startup-like
A record of shipping robust, elegant solutions to hard engineering problems, leading projects, and mentoring engineers
Product execution experience in consumer products or consumer robotics
Strong mechanical engineering and physics fundamentals: mechanical design, kinematics, dynamics, fluid mechanics
Working command of robotics fundamentals — sensing, actuation, motion planning, controls, embedded systems — enough to guide and evaluate a technical team
Hands-on familiarity with electronics, test equipment, and robotics components: sensors, motors, motor drivers, batteries, PCBAs, embedded controllers
Excellent CAD skills
BS, MS, or BA in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Mechatronics, or similar)

Nice To Haves

Strong plus: embedded firmware, controls algorithms, or robotics software stacks (motion control, SLAM/localization, sensor integration).

Responsibilities

The system. Full ownership of robotic system design across mechanical, electrical, and embedded/controls — through concept, CAD/CAE, prototyping, V&V, and into mass production.
The integration. Sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMUs, cliff and bump), actuators and motors, batteries, and embedded electronics brought together into one reliable machine, and the system-level testing that proves it.
The team. Hiring, developing, and stretching a group of A-players toward what they actually want their careers to be.
The tradeoffs. Continuous improvement of designs for cost, manufacturability, quality, reliability, and consumer value — applying tolerance stack-up, DFM/DFA, and electromechanical assembly judgment for high-volume production.
The connective tissue. Working seamlessly with our UK and China product development teams and with executive leadership so good ideas survive the trip to production.