Director, Product Design Engineering
Company: SharkNinja Operating LLC
Location: Needham, MA
Posted on: December 21, 2018
Job Description:
Position: Director, Product Design Engineering (Needham,
Massachusetts) Duties: Develop new product concepts for the Shark brand, which
include vacuum cleaners, steam mops, hard floor care products, and
garment care products. Solve consumers’ real world problems with viable
product concepts and transition these into Advanced Development
projects. Conduct research and identify gaps in customer insight and need, and
lead the development of new innovative solutions to address those gaps.
Maintain updates and prepare organization for transition of Advanced
Development projects to full scale New Product Development. Explore new
market opportunities and portfolio propositions, and analyze trends for
global markets and report findings to product development teams.
Interpret data and test results and develop action plans. Provide clear,
concise and transparent updates to senior leadership of the company on a
regular cadence. Transition concepts from Advanced Development to the
NPD/NPI team, and collaborate with team members based in China to transfer
design intent and get early manufacturing feedback on new product concepts.
Set design strategy and priorities, design development from initial concept
to on-going product support, and create visual and functional
prototypes for research and internal review. Collaborate with ID,
Quality and Product Marketing leaders to innovate, design and
implement simple and elegant design solutions. Sketch concepts for
conceptual brainstorming as well as for presentation. Manage
projects with Euro going product support, and create visual and functional
prototypes for research and internal review. Collaborate with ID, Quality and
Product Marketing leaders to innovate, design and implement simple and
elegant design solutions. Sketch concepts for conceptual brainstorming
as well as for presentation. Manage projects with Euro-Pro’s technology
partners. Requirements: Master's degree in Product Design, Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Design, or a related field (willing to accept foreign
education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience designing
high-volume consumer products and leading design and development of complex
integrated assemblies and engineering systems or, alternatively, a
Bachelor's degree in one of the enumerated fields and five (5) years of experience
as stated above. Specific skills/other requirements: Demonstrated ability
to sketch and visually communicate ideas quickly and effectively as well
as a hand sketching technique suitable for executive presentation.
Demonstrated expertise in SolidWorks and/or ProE/Creo 3D CAD systems;
Demonstrated expertise participating in ID brainstorms, up front concept
sketching and ID surfacing; Demonstrated expertise training and mentoring
junior staff to deliver quick, hacked prototypes through to detailed DFM
mechanisms that prove out early concepts or technical feasibility. Demonstrated
expertise liaising with Asian manufacturing partners on high volume
consumer products. Demonstrated expertise in user-centered design,
including the implementation of feedback into the design. Demonstrated
expertise presenting design ideas to the senior management team as well as
the marketing department. Compilation of an original portfolio of
creative work that clearly demonstrates a product development process. Submit
resume to SharkNinja SharkNinja Operating LLC, Danielle Benn, 89 A Street, Suite 100,
Needham, M Massachusetts 02494.
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