Product Integrity Manager

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

SharkNinja is seeking a strategic, hands-on leader to join their Home Environment team as Manager, Product Integrity Engineering. This role will own design and engineering validation across the portfolio, embedded within the New Product Development process. The objective is to ensure quality is designed in from the start and to build the systems and team necessary to achieve this at scale. The Manager will own the validation strategy and collaborate with leadership from Engineering, ID, Product Development, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. Key activities include directing DFMEA, DVP&R, design reviews, and process controls to ensure products meet or exceed SharkNinja's quality standards before consumer release. This position offers direct influence over product outcomes during critical development stages, along with responsibility for team development and cross-functional process governance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, Product Development, Human Factors Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
5+ years of engineering experience with substantial ownership of design verification and validation activities, including experience in consumer goods.
1-2+ years of experience managing or leading engineers or cross-functional project teams.
Deep, demonstrated expertise in DFMEA, DVP&R, design reviews, and engineering change management, including setting standards and processes for others to follow.
Proven track record leading product development lifecycles, document and design change control, and verification and validation methodologies at scale.
Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills, with the judgment to prioritize across competing risks.
Strong executive communication skills — able to influence and present clearly to senior leadership, driving alignment across functions.
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; SharePoint knowledge a plus.
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and lead teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Collaborative leader, comfortable driving outcomes independently and through others in a cross-functional matrix.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a consumer goods company with high-volume, rapid NPD cycles, including prior people-management experience.
Familiarity with supplier quality processes including PPAP and incoming quality controls.
Exposure to human factors engineering or usability validation methods.
Ability to travel as required to manufacturing sites or supplier facilities.

Responsibilities

Own and lead design reviews, DFMEA, DVP&R, and safety review processes throughout the NPD lifecycle, proactively identifying and mitigating quality risks before tooling and production release.
Define and govern design verification and validation (DVP&R) strategy in alignment with product requirements and regulatory standards, setting standards used across programs.
Direct critical analysis of engineering changes (ECNs), ensuring rigorous assessment of quality impact and preventing regression or degradation of product performance.
Approve manufacturing and test documentation, holding the team and cross-functional partners accountable to customer quality requirements ahead of production launch.
Lead design-for-manufacturability (DFM) reviews, ensuring early-stage designs account for process capability and production quality controls.
Serve as the senior quality voice in cross-functional NPD teams, representing quality requirements and consumer expectations in design and engineering decision-making at the leadership level.
Lead input tracker meetings and pre-production risk reviews, driving prioritization and accountability for corrective actions across teams.
Partner with Supply Chain and Manufacturing leadership to establish and govern process controls and quality gates ahead of mass production.
Own supplier quality escalations, including 8D responses and resolution meetings, ensuring corrective actions and validation evidence meet standard ahead of production milestones.
Own CAPA governance tied to design or process gaps identified during pre-production builds and pilot runs, ensuring timely closure and systemic fixes.
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, building capability in DFMEA, DVP&R, and validation methodologies.
Analyze pre-production build data, test failures, and early field learnings to identify design or process risks before market launch, and direct the team's response.
Define quality metrics and acceptance criteria for validation activities across programs, tracking performance against targets and reporting on trends.
Drive continuous improvement of pre-production quality processes at a systemic level, identifying organizational gaps and implementing durable, scalable solutions.
Present validation status, quality risk summaries, and corrective action progress to senior management and executive leadership regularly, and represent the function in strategic planning.