Product Compliance Engineer
Quad Lock
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Melbourne • 🇦🇺 Australia
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Ensure products comply with relevant international and regional regulations (e.g., CE, FCC, RCM, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, SCIP, GPSR).
- Manage third-party product testing, inspections, and certification processes for plastic and electronic components.
- Collaborate with design and sourcing teams to identify and resolve compliance risks and advise on requirements for product markings.
- Monitor changes in global regulations affecting plastics, electronics, and packaging and advise impact on business products and trade.
- Coordinate responses to customer/distributors' regulatory inquiries, compliance audits or product safety incidents.
- Support global retail compliance requirements across all markets and plan for future market entries and required regulations.
- Interpreting regulatory requirements and their legal and customs implications on business and trade.
- Implement and improve internal compliance tracking and data management systems (e.g. generate DoCs or SDS, ESG/CBAM reporting, and manage PFAs/RoHS/REACH database).
- Educate internal teams and suppliers on evolving compliance requirements and product safety.
- Participate in product recalls, corrective actions, and root cause investigations, where necessary.
- Interpret data from the CX team to develop and maintain product failure rates, including using this information to evaluate product designs and implement improvements.
- Assist cross-functional teams such as Ops, Sales, and Website to ensure products are registered with required agencies to ensure sales across different platforms.
- Develop CI strategy to ensure products meet upcoming or changing regulations and undertake required design tasks for product improvements through ECR/ECO actions.
- Drive root cause analysis activities internally and with suppliers in conjunction with the QA team.
Requirements
- Extensive product compliance experience, ideally in consumer electronics and/or plastic products.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science or related field.
- Strong knowledge of global regulatory frameworks affecting consumer goods (EU, US, AU, China, etc.).
- Experience with Global Product Regulations and Standards.
- Proficient in Root Cause analysis as well as interpretation of data via statistical methods.
- Experienced in SolidWorks is preferred.
- Project Management and Planning experience.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office products.
- Can-Do attitude.
- Ability to travel both locally and internationally if required.
Benefits
- Flexible ways of working to fit your lifestyle
- Health & Wellbeing allowance to invest in your wellbeing
- Technology allowance to stay connected
- Weekly lunch on us to enhance your team connections
- Dedicated learning & development allowance for continuous growth
- Volunteer Leave to support causes you’re passionate about
- 16 weeks of parental leave to support your growing families
- Employee Assistance Program for team members and their families
- Paid Miscarriage & Pregnancy Loss Leave (Pink Elephant) supporting families during difficult times
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
product complianceroot cause analysisdata interpretationstatistical methodsproject managementproduct testingcertification processesregulatory frameworksdesign improvementscompliance tracking
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationeducationanalytical thinkingattention to detailadaptabilityorganizational skillscustomer serviceteamwork