Principal Electronics Systems Engineer – Product Development

About Us

Shark Ninja 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 Shark Ninja 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.

At Shark Ninja, our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world.
New Product Development is where that impact is realised through the delivery of scalable, manufacturable products that set the standard for performance, reliability, and consumer value.

As a Principal Electronics Systems Engineer – New Product Development
, you define electronic system strategies, make high impact architectural decisions, and influence multiple product programs. Your remit extends beyond individual projects to shaping platforms, standards, and technical direction that enable sustained product innovation and delivery at scale.

You are accountable for system level outcomes, comfortable making complex trade offs, and trusted to guide teams through ambiguity toward clear, executable solutions. This role has significant influence across Engineering, Product Development, Quality, and Manufacturing.

Owning and defining system architectures for complex consumer products across electronics, embedded software, and integrated electromechanical systems

Setting technical direction for multiple new product programs, ensuring alignment with platform strategies, cost targets, and manufacturability goals

Leading concept to development readiness activities, de‑risking technologies and architectures before formal program commitment

Making and defending critical system level trade offs across performance, cost, reliability, compliance, and schedule

Establishing clear system requirements, interface definitions, and functional architectures across multidisciplinary teams

Driving development of reusable electrical and embedded platforms to improve speed, quality, and consistency across product portfolios

Providing technical leadership during system integration, EMC, safety, DVT, and regulatory compliance activities

Partnering with Product Management and Engineering leadership to support roadmaps, investment decisions, and long term technology strategy

Reviewing, challenging, and approving designs through formal design reviews, raising the technical bar across teams

Mentoring senior and mid‑level engineers, acting as a reference point for complex technical issues

Communicating complex system concepts clearly to technical and non technical stakeholders

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline

10+ years of experience delivering complex consumer electronics products, with demonstrated system‑level ownership

Proven track record of defining and shipping electronic system architectures used across multiple products or platforms

Deep systems integration expertise across electrical, embedded, and mechanical domains

Advanced analogue and digital circuit design capability, including signal integrity, filtering, and mixed‑signal systems

Strong hands‑on experience with power electronics (AC/DC, flyback, buck/boost) and regulatory considerations

Embedded systems expertise including MCU selection, memory architectures, and hardware/software partitioning

Experience integrating sensor systems and wireless connectivity (Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi) into production products

Ability to evaluate new technologies with a pragmatic focus on reliability, supply chain, and scalability

Experience influencing without direct authority across teams and functions

A strategic mindset combined with a bias for execution and technical excellence

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