Regulatory Compliance Engineer
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The Regulatory Compliance Engineer is a multifaceted, highly motivated leader willing to take on a challenging role to lead regulatory RF, Safety, Energy Efficiency, and EMC certifications. You will help to test, establish lead times, maintain regulatory processes and manage relationships with multiple groups including Engineering and Operations.
You will manage Mexico and regional regulatory approval processes.
Develop a schedule for securing agency approvals, establish agency unit requirements and ensure confidentiality guidelines are met.
Provide Finance and Management with annual forecasts and quarterly updates for costs, payments and fees.
Define RF HW, Safety, Energy Efficiency and EMC test requirements, supporting in-house test systems, debug and resolve issues, and coordinate the process to ensure our products conform to all applicable standards.
Debug/Root cause issues and work with systems teams to drive this to closure.
Work with vendors, technology suppliers and cross-functional staff to drive the regulatory specifications.
Attend working groups developing new standards to represent our best interest and official positions.
Monitor legislation impacting testing, EMC, telecom, SAR, safety, and other agency approval requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field or equivalent
- 3+ years of relevant experience in consumer electronics and technical regulatory compliance
- Good understanding of applicable regulatory standards such as NOM telecom, safety, energy efficiency, and consumer protection standards for consumer electronics
- Basic hands-on experience with RF lab equipment
- Proficiency in English and Spanish
- Must be able to work independently as well as in multi-functional teams
- Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
- Experience and solid understanding in RF component characteristics and behavior
- Solid understanding of at least one wireless technology including IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, WPT, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, LTE or 5G
- Solid experience obtaining certifications for products subject to Mexican Official Standards (NOMs) for telecommunications, electrical safety, energy efficiency, and consumer protection
- Strong communications and organizational skill and the ability to multitask across various disciplines
- Proven problem solving and analytical skills
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally