Manager, Engineering – Robotics
About The Position
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company. 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. 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
- embedded firmware, controls algorithms, or robotics software stacks (motion control, SLAM/localization, sensor integration).
Responsibilities
- Full ownership of robotic system design across mechanical, electrical, and embedded/controls — through concept, CAD/CAE, prototyping, V&V, and into mass production.
- Integration of sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMUs, cliff and bump), actuators and motors, batteries, and embedded electronics into one reliable machine, and the system-level testing that proves it.
- Hiring, developing, and stretching a group of A-players toward what they actually want their careers to be.
- 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.
- Working seamlessly with our UK and China product development teams and with executive leadership so good ideas survive the trip to production.
Benefits
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- employee stock purchase program
- life insurance
- AD&D
- short-term disability insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- generous paid time off
- company holidays
- parental leave
- identity theft protection
- pet insurance
- pre-paid legal insurance
- back-up child and eldercare days
- product discounts
- referral bonus program
- competitive health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- employee stock purchase options
- wellness programs
- SharkNinja product discounts
- Learning Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
