Product Certification & Compliance Project Manager (Electronics Hardware)
Scope Lead and manage global regulatory and product certification activities for high-performance electronic boards and systems (GPU, accelerator, FPGA, NVMe SSD and similar products).
Responsibilities
- Own certification planning and execution for CE, UKCA, FCC, UL and other applicable market approvals.
- Define certification strategy in line with product launch schedules.
- Liaise with test laboratories, notified bodies and certification partners.
- Select and onboard new certification providers where required.
- Manage pre-compliance and compliance testing activities (EMC, safety, environmental, RF where applicable).
- Coordinate engineering, manufacturing and quality teams to collect technical documentation.
- Prepare and maintain Technical Construction Files (TCF).
- Produce and maintain:
- Declarations of Conformity (DoC)
- Test plans
- Product labelling requirements
- Track certification projects, milestones, risks and costs.
- Support laboratory testing and troubleshooting activities.
- Where required, prepare and configure equipment under test, including host PCs/servers containing the company's boards.
- Manage product registrations with relevant certification authorities and bodies.
- Ensure ongoing compliance through product revisions and engineering changes.
Required Experience
- Proven experience delivering CE, UKCA, FCC and UL certifications for electronic products.
- Strong understanding of:
- EMC compliance
- Electrical safety
- Product regulatory compliance
- Technical file preparation
- Experience working directly with certification laboratories such as UL, TÜV, SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas.
- Ability to interpret applicable standards and certification requirements.
- Experience managing external compliance partners and test houses.
- Strong project management capability.
- Semiconductor, GPU, storage or high-performance computing hardware experience.
- PCIe card, accelerator card, server or embedded electronics experience.
- Familiarity with RoHS, REACH, WEEE and environmental compliance.