Testing Manager – Shark
The Test Department’s role is to identify all issues within our products before we launch them. As such, the ideal candidate will play a key role in helping us evaluate whether our products meet the high demands of our consumers from both a hardware and software perspective. The position is focused on defining tests, designing and building fixtures to perform these tests, and analyzing and reporting the results. There is a high degree of interaction with the Engineering and Product Development teams in this role.
Responsibilities:
- Mentor, lead and coach the Quality Test Team
- Assess product specifications through testing
- Maintain test plans at the component and product levels
- Develop, validate and document test protocols
- Build automated test fixtures for all product types
- Analyze and process test data for reporting to product teams and executive leadership
Requirements:
- BSEE, BSME or similar technical discipline major
- 7+ years of product test engineering experience - prior management experience required
- Prior experience designing and building electromechanical systems
- Proficiency in data analysis and reporting
- Ability to translate consumer use cases to repeatable test procedures
- Effectively communicate to senior leadership
- Excellent oral and written communication to create reports, write business correspondence, & develop procedures
- Change agent with energy, passion, and enthusiasm to drive change
- Analytical, problem solving, and root-cause analysis skills
- Ability to multi-task and handle tasks with competing priorities
- Have a Tinkerer/builder mindset
- Follow activities through to completion
- Willingness to learn while stepping outside of one’s comfort zone
- Experience with any of the following: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, scripting including Python
At SharkNinja, our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation, and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do. At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinja’s innovation every day. We support ALL of our associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, making an impact, and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership, associates, and our community, we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.