We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
As a Hardware Regulatory Compliance Engineering Program Manager, you are experienced in Radio Frequency (RF), ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) technologies and their product certification processes. This highly technical role requires you to possess a deep understanding of North American and Global standards and compliance requirements, and how to navigate the evolving world of country-based and industry regulations. You will collaborate with a skilled cross-disciplinary team to develop certification strategies and drive them from concept to test execution and through regulatory approvals, leading the team through global scaling required with our program portfolio. Working hand-in-hand with internal interdisciplinary teams and brand partners, you will drive the scope, schedule, internal and external resources through technical compliance requirements and product testing. Your proactive nature, deep problem solving skills, and ability to excel in a collaborative peer environment are what will make the team a success.
Responsibilities
• Collaborate closely with EMC/RF engineering team to scope and analyze regulatory and industry compliance requirements; gather, document and track brand partner requirements above and beyond industry standards.
• Plan and direct compliance testing of hardware platforms, devices, and accessories with external 3rd party test labs and internal test assets, supporting both physical asset and team resource management.
• Be responsible for test set up requirements and readiness across chamber availability, testers, peripheral device availability and software.
• Coordinate with a wide cross-functional network of software TPMs and engineers, module TPMs, brand partners, and design engineering teams to gather requirements, cascade requirements and integrate regulatory testing timelines into the overall program plan.
• Proactively communicate EMC/RF/Safety/Cybersecurity compliance strategy, execution status and risks; deliver concise and informative compliance updates to hardware, software and program leadership.
• Drive cross-functional debug on testing issues with structured problem solving frameworks; prioritize test plans across platforms and hardware based on critical path assessments.
• Develop new processes, workflows and documentation strategies to meet RVT’s program portfolio growth and breadth
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in RF/Microwave Design, Electromagnetics, Antenna, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong leadership skills in driving certification labs, effectively prioritizing testing, and achieving deadlines
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to think strategically and develop solutions quickly and effectively.
• Experience with Atlassian-based applications, including Jira and Confluence
• Passionate about process improvement and developing strong cross-functional relationships
• 5+ years of experience in wireless regulatory compliance, testing, and certifications.
• 5+ years of experience with wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, WWAN (GSM/WCDMA/LTE/5G), and others.
• 5+ years of experience with launching mass-produced consumer and/or automotive electronics.
• 5+ years of experience in homologations for international countries, obtaining various industry certifications (e.g., BT SIG, WFA, etc.) and carrier certification
• BONUS: Experience in test setup with signal generator, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, call box, semi-anechoic chambers, OTA chamber, and others.
Salary Range
• $120,000-140,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
Skills Required
- Experience in Radio Frequency (RF) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) technologies and product certification processes
- Bachelor's degree in RF/Microwave Design, Electromagnetics, Antenna, related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in wireless regulatory compliance, testing, and certifications
- 5+ years of experience with wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, WWAN/GSM/WCDMA/LTE/5G)
- 5+ years of experience launching mass-produced consumer and/or automotive electronics
- 5+ years experience in homologations for international countries and obtaining industry/carrier certifications (e.g., BT SIG, WFA)
- Strong leadership skills driving certification labs, prioritizing testing, and meeting deadlines
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and ability to develop strategic solutions quickly
- Experience with Atlassian applications including Jira and Confluence
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with software TPMs, module TPMs, brand partners, and design teams
- Passion for process improvement and developing cross-functional relationships
- Experience with test setup and test equipment (signal generator, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, call box, chambers)
What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
