Senior Compliance and Approvals Engineer - Validation

The expectation for this role is to be based in the new Philippine Technology Center at FPIP in Sto. Tomas Batangas, as soon as it is completed in 2024.

About us:

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We solve the problems others choose to ignore, with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work better. We’re driven by progress and thrive on the challenge of relentless improvement. We’re growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations, and more people.

We push the boundaries of what others have defined as possible. Our engineering approach starts with different thinking. Then we continuously refine our ideas – unwilling to compromise and driven by an obsession for finding a better way. Today we employ more than 5,800 people around the world in software engineering, mechanical engineering, and science-related roles.

Our new product teams take radical new ideas and develop them into reality. They explore the limits of our technology and optimise it through relentless experimenting, testing and iterating. They then develop new ways to test and evaluate performance, to accurately position our technology against our competition.

About the role:

The Senior Compliance Engineer is essential for maintaining a safe, organized, and efficient testing environment in the lab, ensuring that all testing procedures are performed accurately and in compliance with relevant standards.

This role will report directly to the Lead C&A Engineer, providing regular updates on lab activities, test progress, safety concerns, and any issues that require technical guidance or decision-making. Effective communication and collaboration with the Senior Engineer and Engineer are essential aspects of this position to ensure smooth operations and adherence to engineering and testing standards.

Overview – Department:

The Compliance & Approvals Department is responsible to ensure that all Dyson products are in compliance with all relevant Safety, Materials and EMC regulations, standards, and legislations. These include testing and certification based on commonly adopted international regulation and standards (IEC/UL Standards and etc.) as well as country/region specific legislations (CE/EU directives, DENAN, REACH, RoHS, Prop65 and etc.).

We monitor and guide design engineers to ensure that all Dyson products are safe, and we liaise with the relevant authority in every country we market our products, providing them with all certificates and other requisites to allow sales in that particular country. We work closely with Intertek, SGS, TUV and other independent and accredited test service providers.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

This position combines both leadership and operational responsibilities, involving the execution of Safety/EMC/RF tests and the supporting of lab personnel. The Senior Engineer is responsible to provide a support and assistance for maintaining a safe and efficient lab environment, adhering to standards, and assisting generating accurate pre-test results and pre-reports. They are responsible for managing various tasks related to testing, equipment maintenance, and safety protocols, ensuring a well-organized and productive work environment.

To support the Compliance & Approvals laboratory team in administrative and operation tasks, this shall include, but not by way of limitation, the following:

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide design engineers to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.
• Work with relevant authorities to provide necessary certificates for product sales.
• Collaborate with independent test service providers such as Intertek, SGS, and TUV.
• Determine the scope of product safety/EMC approval tests, develop compliance plans, and set project specifications.
• Conduct testing activities according to international standards for home appliances (UL / IEC / EN / JIS / EU directives).
• Examine test samples and understand blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, and operational instructions.
• Evaluate test performance and provide feedback to the design team, reviewing test and construction data.
• Collaborate with approval authorities for product certification and safety audits.
• Ensure compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements in lab activities.
• Any other administrative tasks as identified by Superior.

Qualifications:

Degree or equivalent experience in an Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical discipline.

At least 3 years of experience in product safety compliance, with knowledge of international safety standards (IEC, UL, GB, EN) & familiar with the testing laboratory requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.

• Significant experience in testing or R&D within an Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical background.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English, with strong skills in understanding and discussing international safety standards.
• Analytical skills for problem-solving.
• Ability to work independently with some supervision.
• Motivated, with good communication, planning, and organizational skills, and the ability to work within a team.

Benefits:

We combine work life balance, access to the latest devices, and a relaxed dress code reflecting our engineering spirit. It’s an exciting team environment geared to fuelling and realizing ambition.

At Dyson Philippines, we invest in our people through a package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits, to support whatever stage of life you are in and the moments that matter. Some of our exciting benefits offerings as follow:

• 15 to 20 days of annual leave (varies by length of service)

• 15 days of paid sick leave

• 5 days of study leave

• Opportunity to be an owner of a Dyson machine

• Relocation support

• Company paid life insurance for employees from day one

• Company paid HMO from day one including eligible dependents

• My Flexi Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme for employees and dependents

• Complimentary lunch

• On-site gym, sports centre and basketball court at the new Dyson campus

• Complimentary on-site medical clinic services

• On site mini grocery store

• Free bus shuttle from and to common locations

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.