Senior Product Safety Engineer, Product Compliance

Overview

Senior Product Safety Engineer will evaluate the hardware designs in development for compliance to industry safety standards, perform testing, and document findings in reports for declaration and 3rd party certifications with external agencies!

• Independently perform testing and evaluation on a variety of products developed by NI, Emerson Test and Measurement Business Group, to the provisions of U.S., Canadian, EU and other international product safety standards; write reports; and communicate with clients.
• Provide local expertise for Test and Measurement Equipment, including complex systems, and mentor and train less senior technical personnel.
• Independently conduct evaluation of products to determine compliance with applicable standard(s).
• Work with 3rd party certification bodies and regulatory agencies to submit and deliver certifications of our products.
• Read and settle applicability of codes and standards clauses for the Equipment Under Test (EUT).
• Read and understand schematics, assembly drawings, manuals, BOMs, and related documentation.
• Validate project scope and sample applicability.
• Project manage products through 3rd party certification agencies, mitigating issues and staying within budget and completion dates.
• Identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing; follow established test plans; set up and operate EUTs.
• Conduct detailed construction reviews; document results; use industry-standard test report formats (TRFs) and templates.
• Perform testing of products in accordance with standards, including core tests such as input rating, leakage current, dielectric, temperature, stability, mechanical hazard, flammability, abnormal and fault testing.
• Provide local technical expertise and maintain reviewer status for other engineers’ and technicians’ work.
• Proactively develop and communicate test procedures, new test fixtures, and report shells.
• Support investigations of technical complaints, critical issues, and product failures; support accreditation efforts by engaging in technical audits locally.
• Demonstrate knowledge to be considered a domain expert (SME) capable of independent work on long lead R&D projects.
• May actively represent NI by participating on standards/industry committees and/or associations.
• Perform preliminary design reviews (PDR).
• Follow quality control procedures and adhere to the Quality Management System (QMS).
• Communicate project status and test results to R&D clients, sales personnel, and management throughout testing.
• Provide ongoing support to clients as needed.

• 5 or more years of practical, hands-on experience in Regulatory Safety and Compliance, including testing, report generation, critical component evaluation, and experience with or at a 3rd party certification agency or lab.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills to interact with Sales, Manufacturing, R&D, 3rd parties, and external customers.
• Attention to detail with high standards for quality control, documentation, and repeatability.
• Strong understanding of electronics, engineering, and safety compliance principles, theories, and concepts in accordance with national and international standards.
• Experience with ISO GUM measurement uncertainty analysis.
• Knowledge of ISO 17025 (accreditation implementation a plus) and preferably IEC 80079-34.
• Strong understanding of IEC 61010-1 and IEC 62368-1.
• Preferable understanding of machinery regulation per IEC 60204-1 and NFPA 79.
• Understanding of 3-Phase power and components for power distribution, protection, and control.
• Preferable understanding of equipment for use in explosive atmospheres/hazardous locations, particularly IEC 60079-0,
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• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management per ISO 12100 or other industry risk standard.
• Knowledge of CE Directives and Laws, FDA, OSHA NRTL, OSHA NFPA 70E, and other regulatory codes.
• Strong business acumen with risk vs. reward analysis.
• Knowledge of the product development process, new product development, and product integration/new product introduction.