Senior Compliance Engineer, Hardware

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Position Summary

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.

Primary Responsibilities

·        Assist in the coordination and performance of all activities relating to F5 Hardware Product Safety Compliance and Agency Approvals. This includes the preparation of schedules, reports, test procedures and test plans, as well as requesting quotations, purchase orders, and approving invoices.

·        Assist in the coordination and performance of all activities relating to NEBs Compliance testing for F5 Hardware Products. This includes requesting quotations and purchase orders, as well as preparation of schedules, reports, test procedures and test plans.

·        Establish / maintain relationships with testing vendors for compliance certifications.

·        Stay abreast of the latest standards, domestic and international, and inform management regarding the impact and action needed for product compliance.

·        Assist in the maintenance of a document repository that can be used by F5 employees to obtain product certifications for currently shipping products.

·        Assist in the creation and maintenance of the Critical Component lists in the Agile PLM tool to improve visibility of part changes that would impact regulatory compliance.

·        Assist in the creation and maintenance of power cord matrixes necessary for worldwide product shipments.

·        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 internal or outside testing for agency compliance of F5 products for safety, NEBS, or other regulatory standards.

·        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. 

·        Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

·        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 read and translate regulatory legislation as it pertains to F5 products

·        Ability to work cross-functionally with different teams and interface easily with other engineering disciplines.

·        Ability to work under pressure and multi-task effectively.

·        Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

·        Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

·        Team player, good interpersonal 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.

·        Job may be performed on-site at a customer facility or data center, in an office environment sitting at a desk or computer table, or at an off-site test laboratory.

·        Available for business travel, including off-site product testing.

·        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.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].