Senior Manager, R&D Biomechanical Engineering - Shark Beauty and Personal Care

About the role

Shark's products, including the recent CryoGlow and FacialPro Glow skincare devices, are used by millions of people around the world - and the reason they work as well as they do comes down to the engineering. We're looking for a Senior Manager of R&D Biomechanical Engineering who wants to be at the center of that: leading the technical direction of breakthrough products, building a team of exceptional engineers, and shaping how Shark's next generation of skincare technology gets made. This isn't a role for someone who wants to manage from a distance. You'll be in the lab with your team one day and in front of senior leadership the next. You'll own the technical standard, the team culture, and the roadmap - from early-stage concept through mass production.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical strategy for Shark's next-generation skincare programs, connecting first-principles engineering - especially biomechanics as applied to skin, tissue, and facial contact - to real consumer outcomes
• Be a hands-on technical leader - equally comfortable prototyping in the lab, running a rigorous design review, or presenting R&D findings to senior leadership
• Build and scale the team: recruiting top engineering talent, creating development paths, and cultivating a culture of intellectual honesty and continuous improvement
• Partner closely with cross-functional leaders across product, design, and operations to align technology development with Shark's beauty and personal care business priorities
• Champion a "fail fast, learn fast" approach - compressing problems to their core requirements and iterating with both speed and rigor
• Identify and resolve technical risk early, before it becomes a business problem

Requirements

You're a strong engineer first. You have deep fluency in mechanical engineering, biomechanics, and physics fundamentals - heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanical design - and the instincts to apply them in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. You've solved hard problems and can show your work. You're also a leader people want to follow. You know how to set a high bar without burning your team out, how to give feedback that makes engineers better, and how to keep a team energized through the complexity of real product development.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline (advanced degree a plus)
• 5-10+ years in product development with meaningful leadership responsibility in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment
• Experience leading teams across multiple concurrent projects, from early exploration through mass production
• Hands-on experience with biomechanical research applied to product design
• Comfort with test equipment, data analysis, and CAD fundamentals
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel or equivalent tools
• Exceptional communicator - able to translate complex technical work for non-technical stakeholders at the senior level

Skills

Mechanical engineering, biomechanics, physics fundamentals (heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanical design), test equipment, data analysis, CAD, analytical skills (Excel), communication, leadership, team building, cross‑functional collaboration, problem solving, risk management.

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

Schedule

On‑site in Needham, MA