Hardware Compliance Engineer

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

29d•$100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Formlabs is looking for highly motivated individuals to join us as we bring groundbreaking professional 3D printers to every designer, engineer, factory floor and medical institution throughout the world! Companies like Google, Tesla, Gillette, and New Balance rely on the products and services that Formlabs provides, and the list is always growing. Join the exciting 3D printing industry where the possibilities are endless, innovation is at the core of what we do, and we strive to solve unique customer challenges. Formlabs printers are sold in over 40 countries and counting. Ensuring our hardware products meet safety and regulatory standards in each geography takes strategic thinking, engineering know-how and exploration of varying regulatory landscapes. The Hardware Compliance Engineer partners with design engineers, product managers, manufacturing engineers and salespeople to establish and execute compliance certification strategies through new product introduction and continued market expansion. If you are excited to take a hands-on role within the product lifecycle and further develop your regulatory, quality, and project management skills to work then join us as a Hardware Compliance Engineer.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Demonstrated Critical thinking and analytical skills
Exposure to consumer or industrial electronics product development for international markets
Highly collaborative and results driven. Constantly striving to improve, accelerate delivery and mitigate risk
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to manage concurrent tasks

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with international standards including EMC, Safety, Wireless, etc
Experience working with international manufacturing partners
Past experience working with compliance labs

Responsibilities

Leverage a core knowledge of industrial product regulations to identify relevant standards, translate guidelines into engineering requirements and review product designs for compliance.
Employ strong analytical, organizational and communication skills to define testing requirements, assess risk, manage design documents, oversee test lab activities and communicate project status across engineering, regulatory agencies, sales partners, manufacturing and senior leadership.
Deep involvement and hands on product solution/modification to mitigate EMC/Safety/Other problems found during verification and reviews.
Sample setup preparation for both electronic and firmware components.
Shepherd new products through compliance assessments, product testing, certification processes and design updates for user safety and regulatory compliance.
Work on international approval projects to support Formlabs expanding in new international markets.
Maintain compliance of released products and update certifications as regulations change.
Prepare regulatory documents and submit to agencies and third party service providers.
Partner with the Hardware Compliance Manager and adjacent compliance functions to enhance processes and systems to be more predictive, lean and expedient.