Product Compliance Engineer – CW Systems
Vertiv · Monterrey
This role reports directly to the Global Compliance & Sustainability Senior Manager for CW Systems. The position supports Product Compliance activities within the CW Product Line (PL), while collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Product Management, regional stakeholders, and external certification bodies.
Scope
- Lead US product safety compliance activities for the Chilled Water business, including NPDI and sustaining projects.
- Act as the regional regulatory reference for US and North American safety requirements, supporting product design decisions and certification readiness.
- Help ensure that product certifications remain current and that local compliance deliverables are completed in line with project milestones
- Coordinate and maintain product compliance documentation for US and North American regulatory requirements, with alignment to global CW Product Line processes.
- Support certification planning, submissions, test plan/test report review, and product release readiness with R&D, Engineering, Product Management, and Quality teams.
- Translate applicable regulatory and standard requirements into practical guidance for product and R&D engineers.
- Monitor relevant regulatory and standards updates and prepare concise summaries of potential product or process impacts.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee US and local product certifications throughout the product lifecycle, from development through sustaining activities.
- Support and guide shared-resource R&D compliance engineers on compliance-related tasks and deliverables.
- Assist R&D and product engineers by interpreting regulatory clauses and translating them into practical design and testing inputs.
- Support product release readiness by confirming that required compliance evidence, documentation, and certification activities are complete.
- Develop, review, and standardize relevant test plans and test reports.
- Prepare budgetary and resource inputs for certification-related activities.
- Maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with internal teams, test laboratories, certification bodies, and external stakeholders.
- Use relevant information, experience, and professional judgment to assess whether products, events, or processes comply with applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
- Participate in, or follow, relevant standards and regulatory committees to help ensure that Liquid Cooling Business objectives are represented.
Preferred Competences
- Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or directly related Engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong knowledge of US and North American product safety requirements and certification frameworks, including UL, CSA, cUL, NEC, NFPA, and related local regulations.
- Awareness of international compliance frameworks such as IEC, CE, CCC, and the EU regulation is a plus, especially where global alignment is required.
- Ability to oversee regional product compliance activities and support navigation of local certification requirements.
- Basic working knowledge of mechanical and thermal systems preferred.
- Strong planning, organization, documentation, and communication skills.
- Experience in Compliance Engineering and in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test reports.
- Ability to work independently and as part of cross-functional global development teams in a fast-paced environment.