Full Job Description
We are looking for a strategic, hands-on leader to join our team as **Manager, Product Integrity Engineering** for the Home Environment team, owning design and engineering validation across the portfolio. In this role, you will lead the function embedded within the New Product Development process - ensuring quality is designed in, not inspected out, and building the systems and team that make that possible at scale.
You will own the validation strategy and partner at a leadership level with Engineering, ID, Product Development, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain - directing DFMEA, DVP&R, design reviews, and process controls to ensure products meet or exceed SharkNinja's 5-star quality standard before a single unit reaches a consumer. This role offers direct influence over product outcomes at the most critical stage of development, along with ownership of team development and cross-functional process governance.
**Responsibilities**
Design Validation & Engineering Quality Leadership
- 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
Cross-Functional Leadership & Process Governance
- 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
Team Leadership, Data & Continuous Improvement
- 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
**Qualifications**
Required
- 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
Preferred
- 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
**Salary and Other Compensation:** The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 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, and more.
Pay Range
$97,500-$125,000 USD