Vice President, Systems Engineering

Sharkninjaoperatingllc; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 265,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Company holidays

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

SharkNinja is seeking a senior systems engineering leader to define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap across global product platforms.

You will build a high-performing organization, establish MBSE practices and engineering governance, guide architecture decisions, and align cross-functional teams with customer needs and business goals.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership.
• 10+ years leading complex multidisciplinary product development programs.
• Experience in consumer products, home appliances, robotics, or related industries.
• Proven experience leading large technical organizations and senior engineers.
• Proven success delivering products from concept through commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the systems engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Lead a global systems engineering organization.
• Establish standards, methodologies, tools, and best practices across product categories.
• Drive architecture development, requirements management, and technical decision-making.
• Govern cross-functional product development programs and technical reviews.
• Oversee verification, validation, and reliability activities.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Architecture development

Cross-functional collaboration

Product strategy

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

MS in Systems/Mechanical/Electrical/Computer Engineering

MBA / PhD (plus)

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements tracking tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Systems Engineering Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and execute the company's systems engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Build and lead a high-performing global systems engineering organization.
• Establish systems engineering standards, methodologies, tools, and best practices across all product categories.
• Drive organizational maturity in systems thinking, architecture development, requirements management, and technical decision-making.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for complex cross-function product development programs.

Product Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead development of product system architectures for current and future appliance platforms.
• Ensure alignment between customer needs, business objectives, technical requirements, and product performance targets.
• Drive platform strategies that enable scalability, reuse, and technology leverage across product families.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their impact on future product roadmaps.
• Guide critical design trade-offs involving performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and user experience.

Requirements & Systems Integration

• Establish robust processes for capturing, decomposing, and managing product requirements.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability from customer needs through design verification and validation.
• Lead integration efforts across mechanical, electrical, embedded software, firmware, cloud, connectivity, AI, and user experience domains.
• Resolve complex cross-functional technical issues and integration challenges.

Verification, Validation & Reliability

• Oversee system-level verification and validation strategies.
• Ensure products meet functional, performance, regulatory, safety, reliability, and customer experience requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Reliability teams to improve product robustness and reduce field failures.
• Establish metrics and governance processes to monitor product performance and technical risk.

Product Development Governance

• Implement technical review processes and engineering gate criteria.
• Lead technical risk management and mitigation activities across product portfolios.
• Establish system-level KPIs and engineering performance metrics.
• Ensure consistent engineering execution across multiple development programs and global teams.

Organizational Development

• Recruit, develop, and mentor world-class systems engineering talent.
• Build organizational capabilities in architecture, modeling, simulation, requirements management, and systems integration.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering leaders to strengthen technical career paths and succession planning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain teams.
• Influence strategic product decisions through technical insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to executive leadership and business stakeholders.
• Represent systems engineering in executive reviews, strategic planning activities, and customer engagements.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Advanced technical or business degree (MBA, PhD) is a plus.

Experience

• 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience.
• 10+ years leading complex multidisciplinary product development programs.
• Significant experience in consumer products, consumer electronics, home appliances, robotics, connected devices, or related industries.
• Proven experience leading large technical organizations and managing senior engineering leaders.
• Demonstrated success delivering products from concept through commercialization.

Technical Expertise

• Systems architecture and product platform development.
• Requirements engineering and traceability.
• Verification and validation methodologies.
• Reliability engineering and risk management.
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Embedded systems, software-enabled products, and connected ecosystems.
• Mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing integration.
• Product lifecycle management and engineering governance.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is $265,000 — $325,000 USD.

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other class protected by legislation, and local law. SharkNinja will consider reasonable accommodations consistent with legislation, and local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact SharkNinja People & Culture at [e-mail].