Impactful Product Safety & Certification Engineer

Sharkninjaoperatingllc; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with matching

Employee stock purchase program

Generous paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja, based in Needham, MA, is seeking a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer to drive certification from concept to mass production. You will partner with global product teams and external labs to enforce safety compliance for household appliances and medical devices.

The role requires hands‑on product design experience, knowledge of UL/IEC standards, and 2–4 years in electromechanical product development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or a related engineering discipline). An engineering degree is a firm requirement for this role.
• Hands-on experience with both product design and the certification process: you have taken electromechanical products through agency evaluation (NRTL, CB Scheme, or equivalent) from concept to production, and you have worked on the design side — not solely in documentation, auditing, or quality-records roles.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience with consumer, commercial, or medical/wellness electromechanical products.
• Working knowledge of general product safety standards: UL and IEC standards for household appliances (e.g., the IEC/UL 60335 series) and for medical and wellness devices (e.g., the IEC 60601 family).

Responsibilities

• Own certification and risk‑analysis activities for multiple new product development projects simultaneously, from product concept through mass production.
• Translate complicated regulatory and standards requirements into simple, actionable design guidance for design engineers and product managers — early enough to shape the design, not just audit it after the fact.
• Review product designs and constructions against applicable safety standards; identify compliance gaps and propose practical, engineering‑grounded mitigation.
• Define certification deliverables, sample plans, and timelines with development teams and third‑party labs; drive agency evaluations to close on schedule.
• Execute risk analysis (hazard analysis, DFMEA) and maintain traceable compliance documentation across the product lifecycle.
• Present project status, certification timelines, and risks in weekly cross‑functional reviews — clearly, confidently, and without burying the bad news.
• Assess design changes (ECNs) for certification impact and manage agency follow-up activities through launch and post‑launch.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of compliance processes, templates, and stage‑gate deliverables.

Skills

Product design

Certification process

NRTL/CB Scheme

Safety standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

SharkNinja, based in Needham, MA, is seeking a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer to drive certification from concept to mass production. You will partner with global product teams and external labs to enforce safety compliance for household appliances and medical devices.

The role requires hands‑on product design experience, knowledge of UL/IEC standards, and 2–4 years in electromechanical product development.