Shark Ninja

Senior Quality Engineer

Shark Ninja$84K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering, quality, product development, or related field; relevant experience in consumer goods preferred
  • 4+ years of engineering experience in consumer goods
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills
  • Effective communication and report-writing abilities
  • Ability to juggle multiple tasks with competing priorities

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer complaints and field failures to propose actionable improvements
  • Drive continuous product quality improvement and implement evaluation metrics
  • Support suppliers with quality resolution processes and corrective actions
  • Participate in design reviews and ensure quality requirements are met
  • Monitor overall consumer experience and track product performance for actionable insights
  • Collaborate with Customer Excellence team to assess consumer sentiment
  • Lead cross-functional meetings to address top issues and delegate actions

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts with company contributions
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching
  • Employee stock purchase program
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays
  • Parental leave and pet insurance options
  • Informal benefits like identity theft protection and legal services
Full Job Description
Please note this role will be an ONSITE position out of the Needham, MA HQ Location. A detailed-oriented, passionate and dynamic individual is needed to be an integral part of our post launch quality team, ensuring that we are continuously analyzing marketplace learnings to drive product and process improvements. In this position, you'll experience unparalleled collaboration with many functions of the organization - Engineering, Customer Excellence, Marketing, Supply Chain, Creative, ID, Quality, Manufacturing and Senior Executives, offering you exposure and interaction rarely found in other roles in the organization. You'll play a pivotal role in leading product and data analysis to determine reasons for returns, leveraging your learnings to drive sustainable solutions that provide measurable long-term improvements. Responsibilities: • Analyze customer complaints and investigate field failures - translate learnings into actionable engineering and consumer-facing initiatives. You will represent the voice of the consumer and will coordinate corrective actions, follow-up, and reporting • Drive continuous improvement of product quality, through reduction and prevention of non-conformances while defining and implementing metrics to evaluate the impact of continuous improvement initiatives • Support suppliers in 8D responses and regular quality resolution update meetings, including written investigation reports and review supplier corrective actions • Participate in design reviews, DFMEA, safety reviews, and review the manufacturing and test documentation to ensure customer quality requirements are met or exceeded • View the entire consumer experience at a macro level to identify experience detractors and track product performance, communicating key learnings and developments to appropriate work flows for action • Partner with SharkNinja's Customer Excellence team to monitor consumer reception and sentiment in field. • Leads input tracker meetings with cross functional teams. Discuss top issues and delegate actions to cross functional team • Conduct critical analysis on engineering changes (ECN) to make sure changes have no impact on degradation of quality of product • Tracks digital escalations and create accurate responses for customers to better understand our product • Manage product health reporting and push for continuous five-star experience via iterative design improvements. • Always strive for process efficiency - we value a go-getter who can make the most out of any situation and deliver impactful results • Act as a product "expert" for cross-functional team member questions and concerns • Present status of activities and special projects to senior management regularly Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in mechanical engineering, quality, product development, human factors engineering, or a related field, preferably at a consumer goods company • 4+ years of related engineering experience, preferably at a consumer goods company • Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and root-cause analysis skills • Ability to multi-task and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively. • Excellent oral communication & report, business correspondence & procedure-writing skills. • Ability to be a team player and work independently • Change agent with energy, passion, and enthusiasm to drive change. • Demonstrated expertise to effectively communicate within all levels of the organization around design verification and validation activities; production &process controls; Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA), consumer complaints, and product improvement activities. • Demonstrated collaboration, negotiation & conflict resolution skills, ability to lead, acknowledge, develop, communicate & implement a strategy to ensure compliance. • Demonstrated understanding of product development lifecycles, design change and document change control, product and process verification and validation methodologies, and manufacturing / production process control methodologies. • External Focus: Understanding customer needs, marketplace dynamics, industry trends, and the competitive landscape in the industry/function - Clear thinker: Simplifying strategy into specific actions with clear accountability, making decisions with speed & accuracy based on best available information & communicating priorities clearly & concisely. • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of SharePoint a plus • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven, high impact environment • Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills • Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented • Ability to be a team player and work independently • Ability to travel 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 $84,000-$115,000 USD

About Shark Ninja

SharkNinja is a pioneer in small household appliances and cleaning solutions that fit the lifestyles of busy people. By providing highly functional, innovative products, SharkNinja has rapidly carved out a significant market share in the housewares industry, becoming one of the leading companies in this sector. The company's products are sold under the Shark and Ninja brands, which are known for their quality, performance, and affordability. SharkNinja is committed to providing its customers with the best possible experience, and it has a strong reputation for customer service and support.
Learn more about Shark Ninja
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$100 million
Founded
2003
5 Year Trend
+20%
Revenue
$1.4 billion
NASDAQ

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