Compliance Engineer

Markem-Imaje; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Markem-Imaje seeks a Compliance Engineer to drive regulatory activities for product safety and EMC across Europe, USA, and Canada. You will coordinate with R&D, external labs, and the global compliance team to maintain certifications throughout the product lifecycle.

You will work with international teams and third‑party labs to ensure conformity while advancing pre-compliance testing and certification strategies.

Qualifications

• BSc in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant scientific discipline.
• Knowledge of certifications for Safety, EMC standards/directives, Radio domains, and mechanisms of certification.
• Good knowledge of CE, NRTL, FCC, IC regulations, including Machinery Directive, Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, RED Directive.
• Knowledge of EMC testing including EMC pre-compliance during product development, EMC testing at external labs, and EMC mitigation would be advantageous.
• Understanding of compliance assessment of industrial machines or industrial installations.
• Ability to interpret/analyze mechanical and electrical drawings, schematics, diagrams
• Ability to work in international cross functional teams
• Rigorous attention to detail, with the capacity to adapt and curiosity to learn

Responsibilities

• Participate in Thermal Transfer Overprint and Print & Apply new product development projects, including hardware regulatory certifications for Europe, USA, and Canada.
• Plan and estimate compliance activities, providing pre compliance guidelines and organising pre compliance tests in safety and EMC during product design and development.
• Update products or certification to ensure ongoing compliance, including ongoing compliance and certification of the TTO and P&A product portfolio over the full product lifecycle.
• Proactively stay up to date on the standards, directives, and regulations applicable to your products to ensure conformity of our product ranges.
• Assist the regional customer services or trade/importation services to support our global customer-base.
• Ensure/maintain the safety and conformity of products, by supporting inspection audits at factory or processes audits (ISO9001) in product compliance.
• Build good relationships with third-party laboratories and maintain an efficient customer/supplier collaboration, seeking reliable new partners as required.
• Proactively propose improvements to certification scope, processes and partnerships to increase customer satisfaction and reduce time to market.

Skills

Certification knowledge

Cross-functional teamwork

Attention to detail

Regulatory interpretation

Mechanical/Electrical drawings

Education

BSc in Electrical/Mechanical Eng

Job description

As Compliance Engineer, you will be part of a global compliance team reporting to the Global Hardware Safety and Product Compliance Manager.

You will be a driver of regulatory activities and procedures for the Product Division, overseeing core certifications for all new and existing products, and acting as a link between R&D, external stakeholders and the wider global compliance team.

You will work closely with the local R&D organization as well as other regulatory compliance experts around the word and 3rd party laboratories for testing purposes, participating in and/or leading cross-functional projects for new product development and current product lifecycle maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

The Compliance Engineer ensures product compliance with regulatory requirements in key markets (Europe, USA/Canada). You’ll focus on regulatory domains concerned around safety, electromagnetic compatibility and radio spectrum.

• Participate in Thermal Transfer Overprint and Print & Apply new product development projects, including hardware regulatory certifications for Europe, USA, and Canada.
• Plan and estimate compliance activities, providing pre compliance guidelines and organising pre compliance tests in safety and EMC during product design and development.
• Update products or certification to ensure ongoing compliance, including ongoing compliance and certification of the TTO and P&A product portfolio over the full product lifecycle, planning recertification work ahead of time and providing compliance input for any proposed product modifications.
• Proactively stay up to date on the standards, directives, and regulations applicable to your products to ensure conformity of our product ranges.
• Assist the regional customer services or trade/importation services to support our global customer-base.
• Ensure/maintain the safety and conformity of products, by supporting inspection audits at factory or processes audits (ISO9001) in product compliance.
• Build good relationships with third-party laboratories and maintain an efficient customer/supplier collaboration (responsiveness, cost, delivery quality), seeking reliable new partners as required.
• Proactively propose improvements to certification scope, processes and partnerships to increase customer satisfaction and reduce time to market.

What You Need To Have

• BSc in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant scientific discipline
• Knowledge of certifications for Safety, EMC standards/directives, Radio domains, and mechanisms of certification.
• Good knowledge of CE, NRTL, FCC, IC regulations, including Machinery Directive, Low voltage directive, EMC Directive, RED Directive.
• Knowledge of EMC testing including EMC pre-compliance during product development, EMC testing at external labs, and EMC mitigation would be advantageous
• Understanding of compliance assessment of industrial machines or industrial installations.
• Ability to interpret/analyze mechanical and electrical drawings, schematics, diagrams
• Ability to work in international cross functional teams
• Rigorous attention to detail, with the capacity to adapt and curiosity to learn

What We Offer

• A great job, highly professional environment, and friendly work culture
• Growth opportunities & international environment
• Recruitment Referral bonus
• Long service awards
• Smart casual dress code

You’ll only be the right candidate if you are aligned to our values and culture:

• Winning trough customers
• High ethical standards, openness and trust
• Expectations for results
• Respect and value people