Senior Product Safety and Compliance Engineer (QA)

Vuly Trampolines Pty; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Vuly Trampolines Pty seeks a Senior Product Safety and Compliance Engineer (QA) to lead regulatory compliance for consumer play equipment. This role partners with engineering and product teams from concept through production and collaborates with Mainland China factories to address safety and quality issues.

Requires a Mechanical Engineering degree, 5+ years in product safety/compliance, and fluent Mandarin and English. Experience with ISO 9001 and major global standards is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years in product safety, product compliance or quality engineering within consumer products, manufacturing or recreational equipment.
• Fluent spoken and written Chinese (Mandarin) and English; Cantonese is an advantage.
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of product safety standards; playground or play equipment standards is highly regarded.
• Able to read mechanical drawings, CAD models and technical specifications to assess structural integrity, load paths and failure points.
• Proven experience in physical hazard analysis, head injury criterion (HIC) testing, entrapment testing and FMEA.
• Experience coordinating third-party testing laboratories (e.g. TÜV, Intertek, SGS) for certification and compliance validation.
• Able to interpret updated standards and summarize impact of new or changed clauses.
• Must hold the right to work in Hong Kong.

Responsibilities

• Compliance-by-design: work with engineering and product teams from concept to production to meet standards.
• Governance and enablement: translate regulations into engineering requirements and guidelines.
• Standards monitoring: review safety standards and summarize changes for teams.
• Manufacturing partner liaison: work with factory partners in Mainland China and visit sites as needed.
• Project delivery: complete compliance work on time and flag risks early.

Skills

Product safety

Regulatory compliance

Quality engineering

FMEA

Safety standards

Risk assessment

Testing coordination

CAD interpretation

Technical drawings

ISO 9001

Mandarin

English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Senior Product Safety and Compliance Engineer (QA)

About Vuly Vuly designs premium outdoor play equipment for families in Australia, the United States, Europe and beyond. When real-world product issues happen, we investigate them thoroughly, engineer the right fix, and stop them from happening again. We are opening a new Hong Kong office and are looking for a Senior Product Safety Engineer to bring a strong mechanical engineering background to how we design and certify our products.

Core job scope

• Compliance-by-design: Work with engineering and product development teams from concept stage so products are structurally sound and meet regulatory standards from the start.
• Governance and enablement: Turn complex safety regulations into clear engineering requirements and design guidelines, and coach development teams on compliance best practice.
• Standards monitoring: Review updates to relevant safety standards each year and write a summary of changed clauses and what they mean for current and future products.
• Manufacturing partner liaison: Work with factory partners in Mainland China, including site visits as needed, to address safety and quality issues at the source.
• Project delivery: Deliver compliance work to project timelines and flag risks to launch dates early.

Skills, experience and qualifications (essential)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience: 5+ years in product safety, product compliance or quality engineering within consumer products, manufacturing or recreational equipment.
• Languages: Fluent spoken and written Chinese (Mandarin) and English, for working with factory partners, suppliers and testing labs in Mainland China and reporting to global teams. Cantonese is an advantage.
• Safety standards expertise: Deep, hands-on knowledge of product safety standards. Knowledge of playground or play equipment standards is highly regarded.
• Technical drawing and CAD interpretation: Able to read mechanical drawings, CAD models and technical specifications to assess structural integrity, load paths and failure points.
• Risk and hazard assessment: Proven experience in physical hazard analysis, head injury criterion (HIC) testing, entrapment testing and FMEA.
• Testing and lab liaison: Experience coordinating third-party testing laboratories (e.g. TÜV, Intertek, SGS) for certification and compliance validation.
• Standards review: Able to interpret updated standards and summarise the impact of new or changed clauses.
• Right to work: Must hold the right to work in Hong Kong.
• Global market standards: AS/NZS 8124.6 (Australia), ASTM F963-23 and ASTM F1148-24 (North America), EN 71-1 (Europe), plus general consumer product safety regulations (CPSC, ISO).
• Manufacturing process knowledge: Moulding, metal fabrication, welding standards and powder coating, especially how they affect structural integrity, material safety and durability.
• Quality management systems: Experience in an ISO 9001 environment, or leading root cause analysis (RCA) for factory quality or safety deviations.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.