Staff Engineer, Product Safety Compliance Engineer

Req ID: 124877 
Region: Americas 
Country: United States 
State/Province: Texas 
City:  Richardson 

Summary

Product Safety Compliance Engineer responsible for developing a checklist related to safety standards and conducting preliminary testing, providing feedback to comply the standard in the product development stage as well as supporting the acquisition of international safety certification for the product. There will be some travel.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Develop a checklist related to safety standards (UL/IEC 60950-1 and 62368-1) and conducting preliminary testing, providing feedback to comply the standard in the product development stage
• Perform Safety assessments for proposed design changes and provide design recommendations to R&D engineers and management
• Develop formal certification and pre-compliance test plans for product safety standard
• Validate and prepare IT/Network products to ensure compliance with the applicable product-safety (UL/IEC 60950-1 and 62368-1) and certifications
• Apply and prepare for global certification applications, and resolve issues of ongoing compliance efforts, and work closely with hardware design teams
• Interact with external certifying agencies during the creation and maintenance of UL Files, CB Scheme and CE Marking Technical Files.
• Follow revision of applicable standards and certification requirements to ensure all designs and products are compliant at any time
• Assist in certificate factory audits to ensure company is compliant with follow-up services and inspections.
• Travel as necessary to aid in program facilitation (20%).

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

• 5+ years of experience in a Product Safety Compliance role
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Knowledge and experience of materials utilized in computer/server, electrical, and mechanical manufacturing environments
• Technical background and knowledge of the Product Safety procedures/standards
• Have knowledge of product safety certification (e.g., NRTL, CB Scheme, etc.).
• Experience working with third party test houses (UL, CSA, ITS etc.)

• Experience with global regulatory certification requirements and processes, specifically U.S., Asia, and Europe.
• Works effectively across organizations to achieve company goals and objectives

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Able to work independently, self-motivated and well-organized.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently