Principal Compliance and Approvals Engineer, Spokes

Dyson Institute; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyson Institute in Singapore is seeking a Regulatory Affairs specialist to define ASEAN regulatory requirements and ensure local product approvals across markets. You will work with category, engineering and C&A teams, while interfacing with regulators and certification bodies.

The role requires extensive knowledge of ASEAN regulatory frameworks, 10+ years in product approvals, and strong communication in English and local languages.

Qualifications

• Broad expertise in regional compliance and approvals for consumer products.
• Experience of product approvals, testing and registration for ASEAN markets.
• Excellent knowledge of the local regulatory authorities and their processes.
• An expert in understanding and interpreting industry standards.
• 10+ years of product approvals experience.
• Degree in science or engineering.
• Excellent communication in English and the local language(s).

Responsibilities

• Research, identify and document local regulatory requirements and feed into the C&A process.
• Maintain a close understanding of the regional regulatory landscape to identify changes, threats & opportunities.
• Understand Dyson technology direction to anticipate regulatory impact.
• Manage local approvals processes to ensure smooth clearance of Dyson products.
• Support local approvals testing activities to resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with regulatory bodies, labs and others in the approvals landscape.
• Engage with local industry bodies and standardization committees to understand trends and influence outcomes.
• Collaborate with Dyson teams to improve speed and effectiveness of approvals processes.
• Act as a mentor for local C&A engineers and share knowledge.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Product approvals

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

English communication

Education

Science or Engineering degree

Job description

About the Role

The role is responsible for understanding & defining the regulatory requirements within the ASEAN region and feeding those requirements into the overall product requirements. The role is also responsible for ensuring delivery of local approvals of the products within the various markets within the region. Internally, the role interfaces on a day-to-day basis with category & engineering teams, and with the C&A teams within UK and SEA. The role also includes extensive contact with regional regulators, certification bodies, testing laboratories, industry associations and standards bodies.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify and document the local regulatory requirements for proposed products and feed these requirements into the C&A process.
• Maintain a close understanding of the regional regulatory landscape to identify potential changes, threats & opportunities coming from the regulatory environment.
• Maintain a good understanding of the potential technology direction of Dyson in order to understand threats & opportunities within the regulations.
• Manage & optimize the local approvals processes to ensure the smooth and predictable clearance of Dyson products.
• Support local approvals testing activities to resolve any issues that might arise.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the key players in the local approvals landscape, including: regulatory bodies, certification bodies, testing laboratories and others involved in the approvals process.
• Engage, where appropriate, with the local industry bodies and standardization committees to understand local trends and influence where possible.
• Collaborate with other Dyson teams to continuously improve the speed and effectiveness of the approvals processes.
• Act as a mentor for local C&A engineers, sharing knowledge and developing technical capability.

About You

• Broad expertise in compliance and approvals processes with the region for consumer products (or similar)
• Experience of product approvals, testing and registration for ASEAN markets
• Excellent knowledge of the local regulatory authorities and their processes
• An expert in understanding and interpreting industry standards.
• Excellent creative problem-solving and project management skills 10 years + experience of product approvals
• Degree in a science or engineering.
• Excellent communication in English and the local language(s) (both written and verbal).

Skills

• Technical, personal and business credibility to work effectively with cross functional teams and at different levels inside the organisation.
• Excellent creative problem solving skills.
• Ability to adapt plans to changing environments.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Detail orientated.
• Excellent collaboration skills.

Competencies

• Accountability – demonstrated through ownership and continuous achievement of ambitious goals.
• Disciplined problem solver.
• Collaborates across engineering, global and organisation teams.
• Perseveres to get the best result.
• Has a passion for success and overcoming obstacles.
• Has excellent influencing capability – especially with external bodies.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas.