Product Safety Engineer

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

18h

About The Position

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. Our mission to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world allows our employees to be thinkers and tinkerers, designers and doers, creators and number crunchers, makers of things they love. As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer to our global team. OVERVIEW: The Product Safety & Compliance Engineer will interact with team members in the US and China. They will have direct involvement with our certification partners for electrical safety, restricted materials, sanitization and chemical substances. The candidate will be responsible for all compliance activities for low and medium complexity projects for the product category assigned covering all regions where the product is marketed. Here are some of the EXCITING things you’ll get to do: Contribute to initiatives related to market surveillance activities. Evaluate marketplace data and consumer events for safety risks. Support certification projects for legacy product changes. Oversee recurring certification activities (EPA, Restricted & Regulated Chemicals). Lead low and medium complexity product certification projects. Lead design reviews at key milestones for your projects. Present the status of your projects and associated project risks. Support preparation of executive review updates on all team activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical Engineering or similar technical discipline.
Minimum of 2 years of compliance or design related experience of consumer or commercial electromechanical products preferred.
Entry level knowledge of regulatory standards or governmental regulations.
Experience with participating in DFMEA sessions preferred.
Must be able to:
Operate comfortably in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining continuous track of key details.
Multi-task, maintaining a continuous comprehensive understanding of project status.
Present creative and technically sound solutions to complex problems.
Analyze operations and promote continuous improvement initiatives.
Work with conviction and demonstrate strength on key positions yet be able to collaborate and compromise where appropriate.
Think independently with moderate supervision and generate ideas within their area of expertise.
Make sound decisions utilizing all available information.
Communicate complex technical information to audiences with varying technical understanding.
Adapt well to change.
Work effectively independently.
Present at a high level to all levels within the organization, demonstrating comfort and confidence in collaborating with colleagues and superiors.

Responsibilities

Contribute to initiatives related to market surveillance activities.
Evaluate marketplace data and consumer events for safety risks.
Support certification projects for legacy product changes.
Oversee recurring certification activities (EPA, Restricted & Regulated Chemicals).
Lead low and medium complexity product certification projects.
Lead design reviews at key milestones for your projects.
Present the status of your projects and associated project risks.
Support preparation of executive review updates on all team activities.