Sr Regulatory Engineer - Fall Protection

Milwaukee Tool•Milwaukee, MT

About The Position

Under the direction of Product Safety and Regulatory leadership, the Sr Regulatory Engineer serves as a senior technical resource responsible for evaluating and managing product safety and regulatory compliance risks throughout the product lifecycle. The role leads hazard analysis activities, provides regulatory guidance to cross-functional teams, supports global compliance strategies, and mentors developing engineers while ensuring products meet applicable safety, regulatory, and certification requirements. The engineer evaluates product concepts, designs, and proposed changes and develops safety opinions and recommendations using hazard-based analysis. They advise project leaders, engineers, and designers on safety requirements, testing, and design constraints; coordinate with internal teams to incorporate relevant standards and regulations; and communicate requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders. The position also includes communicating with external customers about product safety, supervising product safety testing, applying engineering judgment to ambiguous or high-risk questions, and incorporating field feedback and corrective-action learnings into product reviews. The role mentors and onboards engineers, reviews operator manuals and product markings, assists the Department Director with recalls, and stays current with OSHA requirements and industry safety standards and regulations. When requirements are unclear, the engineer helps obtain interpretations from the appropriate authority. Domestic and international travel may be required as necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical, or related field preferred) or technical equivalent.
At least 5 years of experience in product safety, regulatory compliance, certification, reliability, quality, design engineering, testing, or related technical risk assessment activities.
Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills for professional communication.
Experience influencing cross-functional teams and communicating complex technical requirements to technical and non-technical audiences.
Emphasis on and adherence to schedules, with attention to detail.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience involving personal protective equipment (PPE), fall protection, power tools, outdoor power equipment, accessories, or consumer products.

Responsibilities

Evaluate information and provide opinions regarding the safety of product concepts, designs, and products.
Serve as the technical product safety lead for assigned product categories, platforms, or complex programs, using hazard-based analysis to develop safety opinions and recommendations.
Advise project leaders, engineers, and designers on safety requirements, tests, and design constraints to minimize injury and property-damage risks.
Communicate with external customers regarding product safety matters.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to incorporate applicable standards, regulations, and internal safety expectations into product safety analyses, and communicate requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Supervise product safety testing, including test-sample preparation, test execution, reporting, and data analysis.
Resolve ambiguous or higher-risk safety questions using engineering judgment, standards knowledge, field experience, test evidence, and consultation with appropriate internal or external authorities.
Incorporate lessons from post-sale safety feedback, field issues, claims, incidents, quality data, and corrective actions into new product and project reviews.
Mentor and onboard engineers in technical judgment, facilitation, documentation quality, escalation, and cross-functional communication.
Review and provide feedback on operator manuals and on-product markings.
Assist the Department Director in executing recalls.
Stay conversant with current OSHA requirements and industry safety standards, rules, and regulations, and help obtain interpretations from appropriate authorities when requirements are unclear.