
Principal Safety And Compliance Engineer - Product Development
Automate your job search with Sonara.
Submit 10x as many applications with less effort than one manual application.1
Reclaim your time by letting our AI handle the grunt work of job searching.
We continuously scan millions of openings to find your top matches.

Job Description
The Principal Product Safety & Compliance Engineer will have a direct partnership with our global product developers and certification partners for all aspects of regulatory compliance and product certification. The candidate will be responsible for leading multiple certification projects from product concept to mass production, ensuring that all market access requirements are met and that product designs employs appropriate risk mitigation solutions.
Here are some of the EXCITING things you'll get to do:
- Own the execution of certification activities and risk analysis for multiple new product development projects.
- Establish project needs and deliverables for both our product development teams and third-party regulatory partners.
- Continuously evaluate project risk during the development process and establish contingency plans to overcomes obstacles.
- Lead weekly reviews for all assigned projects, present the status and associated project risks.
- Assure that all activities related to product certification commence and execute as planned and on schedule.
- Support the product development teams as a subject matter expert, providing counsel on requirements and regulations.
- Leading intradepartmental continuous improvement and special projects.
- Provide leadership and mentoring to junior team members.
ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical Engineering or similar technical discipline.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of compliance or design related experience of consumer or commercial electromechanical products preferred.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory standards and/or governmental regulations.
- Experience with participating in DFMEA sessions preferred.
- Must be able to:
- Operate comfortably in a fast-paced environment with regularly shifting priorities.
- Thrive under pressure and want to be continuously challenged.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining continuous track of key details.
- Multi-task, maintaining a continuous comprehensive understanding of project status.
- Present creative and technically sound solutions to complex problems.
- Like to "solve the puzzles" and deliver on challenging assignments.
- Analyze operations and promote continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work with conviction and demonstrate strength on key positions yet be able to collaborate and compromise where appropriate.
- Work and think independently with moderate supervision and generate ideas within their area of expertise.
- Make sound decisions utilizing all available information.
- Communicate complex technical information to audiences with varying technical understanding.
- Adapt well to change.
- Present at a high level to all levels within the organization, demonstrating comfort and confidence in collaborating with colleagues and superiors.
- Desire ownership and possess a "want to take the last shot of the game" mentality.