Summer 2026: Electrical Design Engineering Intern, Advanced Development (May to August)

Work Period: May 2026 to August 2026

Location & Schedule: This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position with 5 days per week onsite in Needham, MA. There is no relocation or housing assistance for this position.

Join the SharkNinja Early Edge Experience: Built for early career talent. Geared toward impact. Driven by speed. Whether you're in a co-op or internship, our early talent program is designed to provide valuable exposure to the industry and a fast-paced professional environment. You’ll dive into meaningful projects and tasks that sharpen your skills and deepen your knowledge. Along the way, you’ll benefit from professional development opportunities, community events, and connections that make your experience well-rounded and enriching. Your time with us will culminate in an opportunity to showcase your contributions and learnings to SharkNinja leaders because this is a program for those ready to shape what’s next — fast.

This role: We are looking for an Electrical Design Engineering Intern, Advanced Development 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.

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.

Here are some of the exciting things you’ll get to do:

• 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.

Key Attributes & Skills:

• Education: Current student in their third year or beyond of a bachelor's program, or currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program
• Must be able to come into the office 5 days per week.
• The ideal candidate will have completed 2+ years in an Electrical Engineering degree program
• 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
• 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

Due to the high volume of applications for early talent roles, response times may vary depending on the specific role and timeline. Our team appreciates your patience!