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.
Electrical Design Engineering Intern
Location: Onsite 5 Days a Week in Needham, MA. This position has no relocation or housing assistance.
Summary of Position:
SharkNinja (creator of the familiar household brands Shark® and Ninja®) offers a fun and fast-paced work environment with countless opportunities for employees to grow as professionals. From interns to executives, we are a group of passionate, smart and motivated people with a drive to learn, innovate and succeed. This is all thanks to our devoted employees and their steadfast commitments to the consumer and innovation.
We’re looking for dynamic, creative, talented, inspirational and committed Electrical Engineering students to help deliver an extraordinary pipeline of new products for the fastest growing consumer product business in the world.
We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers but know that it takes unusual individuals to make it happen. This role will focus on bringing technical substance and inspiration to our Electrical Engineering team to ensure that imaginative but credible solutions populate our ambitious product roadmap.
We are looking for an Electrical Design Engineering Intern to help us design and build prototypes for the next generation of products. We thrive on designing great products that delight our customers but know that it takes unusual individuals to make it happen. Working as part of our Advanced Development team you will bring technical substance and inspiration to our creative efforts to ensure that imaginative but credible solutions populate our ambitious product roadmap.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of novel concepts and technologies for our next generation of products.
- Help communicate ideas quickly and effectively using a combination of ECAD layout, simulation and breadboard circuits to evaluate potential solutions.
- Build test rigs in the lab while supporting the execution of verification and validation test plans.
- Inject energy, enthusiasm and creativity into everything you touch.
- Be naturally curious and relentlessly driven to find better solutions to everyday problems.
- Demonstrate integrity and courage in the way you work, breaking the mold isn’t easy.
- Evaluate and improve designs for cost effectiveness, manufacturing improvements, increased quality and value.
- Identify new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.
The ideal candidate will have completed 2+ years in an Electrical Engineering degree program, while maintaining a 3.0 (out of 4.0) GPA or better.
- A natural and effective communicator capable of reducing abstract concepts to reality.
- Able to quickly generate visual and physical definitions of new products that convey key attributes of function and layout.
- A thorough understanding of basic physical principles.
- Creativity and technical knowledge are crucial in this position.
Preferences:
- Experience with one or more of the following: motor control, sensors, embedded micro controllers including Arduino, battery management, small signal amplifier circuits and switching power supplies.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point.
- Experience with general prototyping is a plus
- Some software/firmware experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of C/C++ with microcontrollers is a plus
At SharkNinja, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are 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 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.
YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET
- Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
- Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
- Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
- Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
- Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT”
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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 [email protected]
SharkNinja Needham, Massachusetts, USA Office
89 A Street, Needham, MA, United States, 02494
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