Product Safety & Compliance Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

RFA Engineering (www.rfamec.com) is an engineering service provider dedicated to delivering our clients with timely engineering support and expertise. We are seeking an experienced candidate to become an integral part of our engineering team. The selected candidate will work with an experienced engineering staff using state-of-the-art engineering tools & processes. This position will ideally operate onsite at our customer's engineering and manufacturing facility near Kansas City, MO . A flexible hybrid schedule or fully remote work arrangements could be made for the right candidate.

This is a full-time position with a full benefit package listed below that includes opportunities for professional growth, direct hire by our customers, and additional opportunities within our own organization.

Product Safety & Compliance Engineer

The Product Safety & Compliance Engineer is responsible for leading the verification and validation of products across development, sustaining, compliance, and certification activities. This role provides the infrastructure, test methods, and capabilities necessary to ensure design integrity, manufacturing reliability, quality, and compliance. This individual will ensure that all products, assemblies, and components are thoroughly tested, meet performance and certification requirements, and are free from defects after reaching the customer.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification and validation test methods, protocols, and reports for components, assemblies, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Design test cases, methodologies, processes, and acceptance criteria to validate product life cycle performance and quality metrics.
• Build and maintain best-in-class test capabilities, including automated test equipment (ATE), data acquisition, logging, and analytics tools.
• Conduct functional testing of electro-mechanical assemblies, mechanical components, and electrical / control circuits.
• Integrate Design for Test (DFT) principles into new product development (NPD) and engineering change (ECR) processes.
• Develop and implement test methods for root cause analysis (RCA) of failures.
• Lead lab testing and certification activities to UL, CE, and ETL standards, ensuring compliance with ASME A17.5, ASME A18.1, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with certification agencies (UL, ETL, TUV, CSA) and external laboratories to achieve product compliance.

Requirements

Desired Skills and Experience

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

Pay Range : $100,000-$150,000 – Commensurate with experience

About RFA Engineering

RFA Engineering has provided product development and engineering services to industry leading customers since 1943. Our primary focus is the development of off highway equipment including agricultural, construction, mining, recreational, industrial, and special machines. Our work includes concept development, product design, documentation, problem-solving, simulation, optimization, and testing of components, systems and complete machines. Our engineering staff is located at our Engineering Center in Minneapolis, branch office in Dubuque, IA, and at numerous customer sites throughout the U.S.

Competitive Benefits

Equal Opportunity and Veteran Friendly