Senior Test Engineer

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

5d•$72,700 - $137,500•Onsite

About The Position

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company focused on creating lifestyle solutions. The company is building an AI-native culture and encourages bold experimentation. The Test Department plays a crucial role in identifying product issues before launch. The Senior Protocol Development Test Engineer (Sr. PDTE) will be instrumental in ensuring new technologies meet consumer demands by developing new testing methods focused on product performance and safety. This role requires significant interaction with Engineering and Product Development teams, advocating for product quality, and challenging design assumptions.

Requirements

BSEE, BSME or similar technical discipline major
5+ years of product test engineering experience
Prior experience designing or analyzing electromechanical systems
Ability to design and assemble full scale test fixtures
Data analysis around general statistics (Tukey Range, T-tests, etc.)
Excellent oral and written communication to create reports, write business correspondence, & develop procedures
Change agent with energy, passion, and enthusiasm to drive change
Analytical, problem solving, and root-cause analysis skills
Ability to multi-task and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively
Proficient in all MS Office
Knowledge of setting up Design of Experiments.

Nice To Haves

Experience using JIRA or other project management tools
Experience using Minitab or equivalent stats software
3D Modeling
Model shop experience
Experience with any of the following: Arduino, RaspberryPi, scripting (including Python)

Responsibilities

Represent the voice of the consumer by developing protocols/tests that evaluate product requirements against targets set by Product Development.
Act as the protocol/test/safety/performance standards "expert" for cross-functional team member questions and concerns.
Identify and work with Internal/External SMEs across multiple engineering disciplines.
Present status of activities and special projects to senior/executive management regularly.
Take a lead role (independently and in teams) to solve technical issues found in the development of a product.
Mentor more junior team members, support all team members and encourage their efforts.
Collaborate to help establish a project's user design, and functional requirements by delivering robust test protocols, then helping to validate through testing and building consensus on next steps.
Take ownership of protocol development throughout conception, CAD execution, prototyping and verification, whilst consistently working at a fast pace & successfully develops team to do the same.
Work closely with our Engineering teams on design approaches to create testing rigs to evaluate product performance.
Collaborate seamlessly with our UK, BOS, AL, and China based Product Development teams to ensure that great ideas make it through to production.
Request and/or run competitive product analyses, giving your business partners insight into how Shark stacks up against the competition.
Request and analyze market research to identify consumer real world behaviors.