Senior R&D Engineer – Product Compliance and Certification (Power Electronics)

Try&Hire; Aargau; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Try&Hire is seeking a role that leads product compliance and certification for a new power electronics product family. You will oversee design, validation and certification phases, applying UL, IEC, REACH and RoHS standards throughout development.

Key tasks include risk assessments, type tests, supplier interactions, and certification planning with bodies and laboratories. You will manage documentation and contribute to reliability and QA practices across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering (electrical or mechatronics) required.
• Experience with compliance and certification of power electronics.
• Experience with medium-voltage power electronics is advantageous.
• Knowledge of standards analysis, test planning and certification documentation.
• Interest in practical verification and validation in a medium-voltage lab environment.
• Fluent English; German a plus.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance and certification activities across design, validation and certification phases.
• Apply standards such as UL, IEC, REACH and RoHS throughout product development.
• Conduct risk assessments, define type tests and communicate with standardization bodies.
• Manage supplier interactions and factory audits related to compliance.
• Lead certification plans and liaise with certification bodies and laboratories.
• Manage product compliance and certification documentation across the product lifecycle.
• Contribute to robust design for reliability and quality assurance practices.

Skills

Power electronics compliance

Medium-voltage knowledge

Standards analysis

Test planning

Certification documentation

Lab verification & validation

English fluency

German language

Travel willingness

Education

Engineering degree (electrical/mechatronics)

Job description

This role leads product compliance and certification activities for a new power electronics product family, covering design, validation and certification phases.

Your tasks

• Lead compliance and certification activities across design, validation and certification phases
• Apply standards such as UL, IEC, REACH and RoHS throughout product development
• Conduct risk assessments, define type tests and communicate with standardization bodies
• Manage supplier interactions and factory audits related to compliance
• Lead certification plans and liaise with certification bodies and laboratories
• Manage product compliance and certification documentation across the product lifecycle
• Contribute to robust design for reliability and quality assurance practices

What you bring

• Degree in engineering, such as electrical or mechatronics
• Experience in compliance and certification of power electronics products
• Experience with medium-voltage power electronics products is advantageous
• Knowledge of standards analysis, test planning and certification documentation
• Interest in practical verification and validation in a medium-voltage lab environment
• Fluent written and spoken English; German is a plus
• Willingness to travel occasionally

Conditions

• Workload: 80–100 %
• Work model: Hybrid
• Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

What to expect

• Hybrid work model
• 3–6 months interim, then a permanent position

Technologies

• UL
• IEC
• REACH
• RoHS