Senior Specialist - Regulatory Compliance

Sanmina Corporation; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation is seeking a Senior Specialist - Regulatory Compliance in Chennai to lead global compliance activities for electronics products. You will collaborate with design and project teams to ensure safety, EMC, RoHS, REACH, and certification readiness throughout development and production lifecycles.

The role requires 12+ years in electronics product safety or testing, strong ability to translate complex regulations, and experience with major certification bodies (TUV/UL/CSA).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation.
• 12+ years experience in electronics product engineering, safety or testing.
• Familiarity with IEC/UL 62368-1, EN/ISO, BIS, CE, RoHS, REACH.
• Experience with TUV, UL, or CSA certification processes.
• Knowledge of ISO Quality Management System (QMS).

Responsibilities

• Ensure products and processes meet global regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate compliance activities with project and engineering teams.
• Prepare certification documentation and liaise with testing labs.
• Develop robust system specifications aligned with safety standards.
• Identify compliance risks and implement remediation plans.
• Maintain regulatory submissions and technical files.
• Travel lightly to sites; potential international assignments.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Product safety

Certification documentation

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation

Job description

Senior Specialist - Regulatory Compliance - (116075)

61101 - GGS Chennai TN IND - Chennai, TN 600 045 IN (Primary)

Regulatory Compliance Analyst/Mgr 5

Duties of Position: (Include specific duties and responsibilities) The Senior Systems Engineer for Regulatory Compliance works with Project Engineers and Program Managers to ensure products and processes adhere to legal, safety, and industry standards (e.g., Safety, EMC, UL, RoHS, REACH) throughout the product development lifecycle. They collaborate with engineering teams to review designs, manage certification documentation, and liaise with external testing laboratories to facilitate market approvals. They are responsible for development of robust system specifications that can be effectively tested through the design verification process and be compliant to applicable domestic and international safety standards. The primary responsibilities of this position include, but may not be limited to, the following:

• Works with a design team through full product development and into production to ensure compliance to all applicable, worldwide compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinates all compliance and regulatory system level activities with the Project Managers, Mechanical, Software, and Electrical Engineers
• Determines the applicable international safety and regulatory constraints for the product to ensure timely incorporation of these constraints into the system requirements.
• Conducts or manages Safety, EMC, UL, FCC and Environmental compliance tests and prepares technical documentation for certification
• Works with development and manufacturing teams to integrate compliance measures early in the design process
• Identifies potential compliance failures, conducts audits, and creates remediation plans.
• Prepares and maintains compliance records, technical files, and regulatory submissions.
• Provides technical input to help identify and solve project risks that may affect overall project plans and schedules
• Light to moderate travel to company, customer and other facilities. May be international.

Refer to the attached Job Description document for more details.

Qualifications Required: (Education, experience, skills, etc. Please be specific) To be considered for this position, a candidate will possess, and demonstrate, the following skills, education, experience level and characteristics:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation
• 12+ years work experience in electronics product engineering and product safety, regulatory affairs, or testing environments.
• Requires knowledge on product development life cycle, including concept to product realization
• Datacenter, Server and Storage products and Computing product design experience, and Risk Management activities
• Ability to communicate complex regulations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., IEC/UL 62368-1, EN, ISO, BIS, CE, ANSI) and RoHS, REACH compliance
• Experience with test agencies like TUV, UL, or CSA is a major plus
• Defines the regulatory roadmap for new product categories
• Ability to drive regulatory strategy and decision-making autonomously
• Must be able to manage and resolve conflicting product and project requirements
• Requires good knowledge on ISO Quality management system (QMS)
• Proven ability to rapidly assimilate into complex, ongoing technical projects
• Ability to interface effectively with customers, cross-functional teams, subcontractors, and vendors from various countries
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills