Director, Firmware Architecture & Delivery

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The Director of Embedded Firmware is a senior US-based firmware leader, accountable for both the technical direction and architecture that governs firmware across Shark Ninja's global portfolio, and the delivery of firmware for Shark Ninja products.

On the architecture side, this leader defines the interfaces, hardware abstraction standards, and engineering practices that every firmware program is built and gated against — internal and partner-executed alike — ensuring all firmware is held to a consistent technical standard and delivered with integrity.

On the delivery side, this leader is responsible for overseeing the US firmware development organization including managing both internally and externally generated embedded firmware across the complete Shark Ninja product portfolio.

This role is a peer to the Connected Firmware director, who owns connected embedded architecture and delivery, and coordinates with the Embedded Firmware director in Asia on embedded firmware delivered in that region.

Key Responsibilities Architecture & Technical Direction Own firmware architecture, interface definitions, and hardware abstraction (HAL/API) standards across all product categories, globally.

Establish architectural standards for real-time operating systems, connectivity frameworks, device intelligence, and edge processing.

Drive technical decisions on microcontroller and processor architecture, wireless technologies, display technologies, and software ecosystems in partnership with Hardware Engineering.

Maximize reuse of proven internal code, vendor SDKs, and reference designs to meet speed-to-market demands; reserve in-house development for durable differentiation, safety, security, and IP.Translate architecture into clear, enforceable requirements that development partners execute against without interpretation.

Standards, Governance & Enforcement Define and maintain the engineering standards applied to internal developers and third-party suppliers alike — source control, build systems, branch and merge strategy, and release requirements.

Own the technical requirements embedded in supplier agreements, including the pre-production reproducibility deliverables: source, toolchain, and signed build manifest sufficient to independently rebuild shipping binaries.

Establish design review and gating checkpoints that partner deliverables clear before integration.

Partner with Systems Engineering and NPD to define product operation, key components, and critical firmware behavior at design time, closing hardware/software integration gaps before they surface  Delivery Leadership Own delivery commitments for internally developed firmware — schedule, quality, and scope.

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