Senior Specialist - Regulatory Compliance

Sanmina; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Analyst/Mgr 5 to lead and coordinate regulatory activities across product development and production. The role involves ensuring adherence to safety, EMC, UL, RoHS, and REACH standards and collaborating with engineering teams to integrate compliance early in design.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with international standards, strong communication, and the ability to drive regulatory strategy autonomously while interfacing with global

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation.
• 12+ years work experience in electronics product engineering and product safety, regulatory affairs, or testing environments.
• Knowledge of product development lifecycle from concept to product realization.
• Familiarity with IEC/UL 62368-1, EN, ISO, BIS, CE, ANSI and RoHS/REACH compliance.
• Experience with testing agencies like TUV, UL, or CSA is a major plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance for products and processes throughout development lifecycle.
• Coordinate regulatory activities with project managers and engineers across disciplines.
• Determine applicable international safety and regulatory constraints for products.
• Conduct or manage Safety, EMC, UL, FCC and environmental tests and prepare certification docs.
• Integrate compliance measures early in design processes with manufacturing teams.
• Identify potential compliance failures, conduct audits, and create remediation plans.
• Maintain compliance records, technical files, and regulatory submissions.
• Liaise with customers, vendors, and labs across countries.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Time management

Risk management

Technical writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation

Job description

Job Description:

Regulatory Compliance Analyst/Mgr 5

Duties of Position:

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:

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