Join the SharkNinja Early Edge Experience and work alongside a world-class team of engineers to create breakthrough innovations in categories like floorcare, air purification, and beauty. As a Mechanical Engineering Co-op, you'll gain hands-on experience throughout the full product lifecycle, including prototyping, testing, and delivering products that combine powerful performance, user-centric design, and unmatched reliability.
Requirements
- Current student in a related associate's, bachelor's, master’s, or doctorate program, or has graduated from such a program within the past year
- Must be able to work a full-time, 40-hour-per-week schedule with 5 days per week onsite in Needham, MA
- Strong understanding of mechanical engineering/physics fundamentals including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and mechanical design
- Experience with a CAD program (Solidworks and/or Creo)
- Experience with hands-on prototype development in plastic and metal including using basic machine shop tools
- Solid analytical skills, attention to detail, and relentless drive to identify potential problems and take responsibility for their resolution
- Intellectual curiosity and creativity, strong first principles thinking, positive can-do attitude, and proven ability to deliver robust, elegant, and innovative solutions to complex design challenges
- Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical colleagues, effectively, and concisely
- Comfortable multitasking and responding quickly to shifting priorities without losing sight of longer-term projects
- Passionate about product design & function
- Exposure to 3D printing/laser cutting
- Familiarity with electronics (analog/digital), test equipment, and components common in small appliances (sensors, motors, heaters, PCBAs, etc.)
- Can identify, solve, implement and verify technical solutions autonomously and as part of a team.
- Hands-on” building of prototypes, experimental testing of some sort, either in the workshop or in a science context
- Experience with Developer kits such as Python, Arduino, Raspberry Pi is desirable.
Benefits
- medical insurance
- health savings account (HSA) with company contribution
- sick time
- company holidays
- employee product discount
- product testing opportunities
- referral bonuses