London, England, United Kingdom
A Product Design Engineer Intern at SharkNinja with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Product Design from The Glasgow School of Art. Previously served as an EDU Technician at NHS Scotland, contributing to operational support and solutions for over six years. Prior experience includes founding a venture and completing an apprenticeship as a Mechanical Engineer at Linell Precision Engineering. Expertise lies in sketching, service design, and user experience (UX), with a strong academic foundation in industrial and product design. Skilled at blending creativity with technical precision to deliver innovative design solutions.
During my time at SharkNinja, I worked within the Heated Appliances Advanced Development team, contributing to the front-end design of Ninja’s indoor cooking products. I supported multiple areas of development, focusing on resolving critical, cross-functional project issues and contributing to key roadmap initiatives. My core responsibilities included designing and refining user interactions to improve usability, conducting IEC and UL-compliant product testing, and developing conceptual models for design validation and mechanical feasibility. I also led independent workstreams, including streamlining the UL countertop testing process, developing an experimental Arduino-based test platform, and designing a durable test rig for ongoing product validation.
Working with multiple clients, I played a key role in early-stage product development, from sculpting and casting prosthetics for film to branding, CAD, and rendering for consumer products. I worked to tight deadlines, iterating quickly based on client feedback to deliver high-quality models, casts, and visuals that clearly communicated design intent and strengthened product storytelling.
While working at Linell Precision Engineering I got the opportunity to get involved and work at all levels of the engineering process. From getting involved with discussions of manufacturing feasability and interprating engineering cad to facilitate the programming of up to 5 axis cnc milling machines and cnc lathes using G code and M code. These skills allowed me to deliver high quality and well toleranced finished componants to clients.