R&D Compliance Officer

Alfen B.V.; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

27 vacation days + 13 ADV (additional)

Hybrid working

Company laptop

Online learning platform

Employee associations AlFun and Young/

Pension with PME

Travel allowance

Job summary

Alfen B.V. is seeking an experienced Compliance & Regulatory Governance expert for its R&D team in EV charging.

You will ensure development and testing activities meet regulations, quality frameworks and certification requirements, while supporting engineering teams with compliance questions and coordinating external audits. You will collaborate with Product, Platform, and discipline experts, maintain documentation integrity, monitor KPIs, and drive improvements to strengthen product quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Technical Informatics.
• 3–5+ years of experience in R&D, compliance, testing, certification, quality or multidisciplinary product development.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks, quality systems and engineering processes.
• VCA certification; VP LS/VP HS qualifications are an advantage.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that development and testing activities comply with regulations, standards and certification requirements.
• Coordinating external auditors, certification bodies and technical experts.
• Monitoring compliance risks and supporting mitigation actions.
• Maintaining complete, traceable documentation of development and testing activities.
• Supporting the introduction of new tools and methods to enhance compliance in engineering.
• Monitoring and reporting KPIs such as quality, hours, issues and deviations.
• Maintaining competency frameworks and identifying training needs within R&D.
• Acting as sparring partner for engineers and team leads on compliance, safety and standards.
• Ensuring alignment between R&D, Test, Product Development and external partners.
• Supporting teams in resolving quality or compliance issues, including root cause analysis.
• Contributing to design reviews and evaluations to verify technical and compliance quality.
• Analyzing R&D workflows to identify compliance risks.
• Recommending improvements to strengthen product quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Supporting implementation of process improvements and new work methods.
• Embedding lessons learned from audits, deviations or evaluations into structural improvements.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics/Technical Informatics

Job description

What will you do?

In this role, you ensure that all R&D activities within EV Charging comply with relevant industry regulations, internal quality frameworks and certification requirements. You support engineering teams with compliance questions, coordinate audits, maintain documentation governance and monitor process performance.

You collaborate closely with Product and Platform Teams, Discipline Experts, the test laboratory and external partners. Your work ensures risk mitigation, complete documentation and compliance‑ready project execution.

Your responsibilities include:

Compliance & Regulatory Governance

• Ensuring that development and testing activities comply with regulations, standards and certification requirements.
• Supporting the creation and maintenance of compliance frameworks, work methods and procedures.
• Monitoring compliance risks and supporting mitigation actions.
• Coordinating external auditors, certification bodies and technical experts.

Process & Documentation Integrity

• Ensuring complete, accurate and traceable documentation of development and testing activities.
• Supporting the introduction of new tools and methods to enhance compliance in engineering.
• Monitoring and reporting KPIs such as quality, hours, issues and deviations.
• Maintaining competency frameworks and identifying training needs within R&D.

Technical Guidance & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Acting as sparring partner for engineers and team leads on compliance, safety and standards.
• Ensuring strong alignment between R&D, Test, Product Development and external partners.
• Supporting teams in resolving quality or compliance issues, including root cause analysis.
• Contributing to design reviews and evaluations to verify technical and compliance quality.
• Analysing R&D workflows to identify compliance risks.
• Recommending improvements to strengthen product quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Supporting implementation of process improvements and new work methods.
• Embedding lessons learned from audits, deviations or evaluations into structural improvements.

What do we ask of you?

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics or Technical Informatics.
• 3–5+ years of experience in R&D, compliance, testing, certification, quality or multidisciplinary product development.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks, quality systems and engineering processes.
• VCA certification; VP LS/VP HS qualifications are an advantage.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency in Dutch and English, spoken and written.

What do we offer you?

At Alfen, you’ll have the space to make a real impact in a role with plenty of responsibility, autonomy, and opportunities for innovation. You can count on:

• A competitive salary and excellent employment conditions (Metalektro Collective Labour Agreement).
• 27 vacation days + 13 ADV (additional) days per year, with the option to sell 10 days.
• Hybrid working (max. 2 days per week with a 40-hour workweek).
• A company laptop.
• Free access to our online learning platform.
• Activities organized by our employee associations AlFun and Young Alfen.
• Sports activities through Alfen, such as fitness and participation in sporting events.
• Pension scheme via PME, with a solid employer contribution.
• Travel allowance of €0.23 per km, up to a maximum of 50 km one-way.

Where will you work?

You report to the Technology Manager EVC and work closely with engineers, test teams and product teams. You play a vital role in safeguarding compliance within our development processes and contribute directly to the delivery of safe and high‑quality charging solutions.