Compliance Engineer - Product Safety

Compliance Engineer - Product Safety

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL), our mission is to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. Our company prides itself on embracing the values of quality, reliability, integrity, and excellent customer service. Working at SEL means having the opportunity to explore different career options - from customer service, sales, technical support, to management. We encourage professional development because when you are your best, that is when we are our best. SEL has an exciting opportunity to welcome a new employee-owner to our Product Compliance team.

As a Compliance Engineer - Product Safety, you will oversee projects, provide technical support to customers, and work in a state-of-the-art test facility. If you are a self-starter with a keen attention to detail, enjoy analysis, and strive for integrity, quality, and customer focus in your career, this is the position for you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of product safety regulations, requirements, and solutions.
• Establish and support an in-depth understanding of evaluation methods and reports to ensure compliance to market safety requirements.
• Mentor engineering, manufacturing, and sales staff on product safety compliance principles and requirements.
• Consult with development teams on design, evaluation, and mitigation practices to ensure compliance to market safety requirements.
• Monitor and predict safety trends and guide standards development and regulatory changes affecting evaluations, certificates, markets, and products.
• Identify, establish, and manage projects to address company-level compliance improvement opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with national and international product safety standards (UL, CSA, IEC, CE, NOM).
• 8+ years working knowledge of product safety engineering practices and philosophies at an electronics development and manufacturing company.
• Excellent working knowledge of common compliance safety test equipment and practices.
• Self-motivated/self-starter.
• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL.
• Negative drug test result(s).

In-depth knowledge of one or more of the following product safety standards/programs is preferred:

• IEC/EN 60255-27
• UL/IEC/EN 61010-x
• UL 508/508A
• IEC/EN 60947-x
• UL/IEC/EN 62368-x
• IEC/EN 60079-x (ATEX)
• UL 121201.x (HazLoc)
• UL Data Acceptance Program (DAP)
• IEC Customer Test Facility (CTF)

Location: This position is located in Pullman, WA. Nestled in Eastern Washington, offering an exceptional quality of life. Embrace the charm of small-town living with spacious surroundings, no traffic hassles, and easy access to outdoor adventures in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests. Plus, benefit from excellent schools and universities in the area.

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

• We're 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
• We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual startin