Principal Engineer, Product Compliance

Job Overview

Principal Engineer, Product Compliance – Responsible for helping Bloom Energy successfully maintain and obtain Agency certifications.

Location: San Jose, CA – Fully on-site, in office 5 days a week. Travel domestically and internationally regularly.

Responsibilities

• Specify certification requirements for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems, both domestic and international.
• Specify certification requirements of electrical and mechanical components for SOFC fuel cell systems, both domestic and international.
• Coordinate agency compliance projects for ANSI/CSA FC1, UL 1741, IEC 62282 series and other relevant requirements for solid oxide fuel cells, domestic and international.
• Coordinate agency compliance projects for other Bloom Energy owned Agency projects, domestic and international.
• Work with Applications Engineering on compliance issues related to installations, both domestic and international.
• Work with domestic and international utilities, inspection authorities, and other government agencies to negotiate market acceptance of Bloom Energy products.
• Prepare documentation for Agency engineering projects.
• Maintain a library of technical decisions between Bloom Energy and Agency.
• Work jointly with supply chain personnel to ensure sourced components complete agency certifications.
• Work jointly with engineering staff to ensure compliance items are driven to closure on time.
• Coordinate UL Field Evaluations.
• Train regional Contract Manufacturers on UL Follow Up Services (FUS) requirements; conduct root cause analysis of Variation Notice, implement corrective actions and preventative action processes.
• Travel domestically and internationally on a regular basis.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of compliance engineering experience.
• Technical Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral.
• Excellent ability to work on many items in parallel.
• Excellent complex project management experience.
• Excellent ability to track action items and drive to closure.
• Prior working experience with or at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL).
• Prior working experience with or at a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
• Prior working experience with or at an international certification agency.
• Prior working experience with fuel cell equipment product safety engineering.
• Prior working experience with hazardous location equipment product safety engineering.

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary Range: $176,300.00 – $253,700.00.
• Standard company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. Bloom Energy is committed to fair compensation practices.