F5 Senior Compliance Engineer Hardware 

United States, Washington, Spokane 

135823353

The Sr. Compliance (Hardware) Engineer is responsible for working with external compliance vendors, as well as internal F5 engineering teams, to ensure that new, modified, or existing F5 hardware products conform to International Product Safety Standards, Physical Protection, and EMC/EMI Certification requirements. Responsibilities include collecting information, coordinating regulatory and internal F5 requirements implementation, testing of F5 products, and obtaining mandatory certifications. The candidate should be familiar with CISPR, CSA, IECEE CB Scheme, FCC, NEBS, and UL.

Establish / maintain relationships with testing vendors for compliance certifications.

As a member of the product development team, review new designs up-front to ensure all requirements for the appropriate agency compliance and considerations are met.

Assist in the management of inventory required for certifications, including the planning and purchasing of production hardware, configuration and preparation needed for each specific certification, the current location of the purchased hardware, and the retirement of the hardware to the services group when the hardware is no longer needed or too old to support the certification process.

Participate in the creation, development and maintenance of in-house test procedures, test plans and guidelines for product compliance in reference to the various and latest regulatory standards.

Initiate and/or coordinate root cause analysis on non-compliance relating to regulatory issues.

Work with Engineering on alternate part source evaluations.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities or requirements are subject to change.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Working knowledge of the agency standard requirements for IT and Telecom equipment.

General knowledge of analog and power electronics theory and practical designs.

Ability to read schematics.

Ability to pull BOMs from the Agile PLM system and maintain the critical component list for each product.

Ability to work under pressure and multi-task effectively.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Self-starter, pro-active.

Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.

Available to attend Compliance seminars and symposiums.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 6 years compliance experience or 12 years on-the-job progressive experience

Should be proficient with different certification and testing standards, such as CISPR, CSA, IECEE CB Scheme, FCC, NEBS, TUV, and UL.

Experience in electronics manufacturing or design and development engineering in the areas of product reliability testing, prediction and assessments, product safety, environmental and mechanical stress testing.

Familiar with the basics of the National Electric Code.

Familiar with reliability test plans and assessments as well as environmental testing.

Have hands-on experience in using DMM, AC source, power meter, soldering iron, oscilloscope as well as understanding electrical wiring diagram and or simple circuits.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $139,200.00 - $208,800.00