Product Safety Engineer - The Toro Company

The Toro Company•Bloomington, MN

3d•$100,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Toro Company is a Minnesota-based company founded in 1914, dedicated to providing world-class equipment for environmental maintenance and community involvement. With a global presence and a long-standing employee tenure, The Toro Company offers a stable and rewarding career environment. This role is crucial for ensuring product safety and regulatory compliance for electric-powered products.

Requirements

BS in Electrical, Mechatronics or applicable engineering degree required.
Typically seven (5+) years’ experience with evaluating safety standards, reviewing & ensuring product designs meet requirements for compliance, auditing, preferably within the electric products industry.
Qualified candidates need to be versed in regulatory compliance and standards promulgation activity regarding electric products.
Must be able to find and analyze electric product safety standards and assist teams with their understanding of the standards.
Previous experience in applying electrical components and subsystems to mechanical equipment for monitoring and control.
Demonstrated capability to create and analyze portions of product design.
Has demonstrated a high level of productivity and competency in the execution of duties.
Excellent communication skills, ability to interact with all levels of personnel internally and externally, as well as with various groups, business functions and governmental agencies.
Able to effectively convey proposed strategies and legal requirements to senior-level management.
Must be able to coordinate or supervise work of consultants, contract, or full-time employees.

Nice To Haves

E4-Typically seven (7+) years’ experience with evaluating safety standards, reviewing & ensuring product designs meet requirements for compliance, auditing, proactive product safety management or compliance in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the electric products industry.
E5-Typically seven (10+) years’ experience with evaluating safety standards, reviewing & ensuring product designs meet requirements for compliance, standards development, auditing, proactive product safety management or compliance in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the electric products industry.
Ideal background is in product safety and liability within manufacturing, particularly OPE or other electrical product.
International experience and experience in international standards writing capacity is a plus.

Responsibilities

May supervise product safety testing, including preparation of test samples, execution of tests, test reporting, and data analysis.
Interface with regulatory agencies and third-party certification authorities.
Assist in resolving product compliance issues as they arise.
Anticipate and prevent potential product compliance issues.
Represent the company by actively participating in Domestic and International standards development organizations committees (ANSI, IEC, UL) for electric-powered products.
Track safety and regulatory compliance status on electric-powered products and ensure that TTC OPE teams meet their safety and regulatory compliance requirements prior to production and through product shipment release.
Advise OPE teams and product development teams on electric product safety compliance.
Evaluate and interpret U.S. and International product safety and regulatory standards to ensure divisional products meet all standards required for the markets they are sold into.
Provide safety and regulatory related design guidance for product development teams.
Evaluate updates to current standards and implement new requirements to existing and new products.
Support European Union Risk Assessments.
Review divisional Operators’ manuals.
Assist in the development of all safety and regulatory decals.
Communicate and educate OPE divisional engineering, product evaluation, and technical publications on standards changes.
Serve as electric product engineering liaison to the Legal Department and collaborate with Legal on safety and regulatory compliance topics as assigned.
Support compliance to the Corporate Product Safety Policy and related guidelines.
Support the company Quality Policy by working within the documented Quality system and participating in quality initiatives and training.
Participate in applicable specialization group activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.