Compliance Engineer

Stadler Rail AG; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stadler Rail AG is seeking a Compliance Engineer in Salt Lake City to coordinate and manage all project certification activities, aligning with internal teams, external agencies, authorities, and institutes. You will ensure timely scheduling, testing coordination, and safety management across North America, with a strong focus on compliance and documentation.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering and 5–8 years of experience in rail vehicle, defense, aerospace, or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering required.
• 5-8 years of experience in rail vehicle, defense, aerospace and certification management.
• Strong knowledge of industry regulations and standards.
• Experience leading challenging projects in an international environment.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage all project related certification questions, activities, and applications topics.
• Align with internal project management, external agencies, authorities, and accredited institutes when necessary; support safety and engineering processes.
• On-time management and planning of all certification activities.
• Scheduling for certification and coordination of qualification testing and safety management.
• Manage requirements of all certification relevant requirements, standards and documents.
• Track requirements and coordinate schedules with external consultants as needed.
• Proactively request, track and document validations from engineering.
• Check validation documentation for plausibility, quality and relevance.
• Coordinate with assessors, agencies, accredited sites and external consultants.
• Support safety management for relevant safety committees and liaison.
• Support engineering regarding FRA compliance and CFR/APTA/US-standards.
• RA/TC (North America) compliance and certification.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Social competence

Entrepreneurial thinking

Assertiveness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical)

Job description

Stadler offers a wide range of international career opportunities. Here you get the chance to expand your potential, take on meaningful responsibilities, and deliver outstanding performance within dedicated teams. We are looking for motivated individuals who want to shape the mobility of tomorrow with us. Are you ready to achieve great things with us?

Your tasks

• As a Compliance Engineer, you will coordinate and manage all project related certification questions, activities, and applications topics. You will align with internal project management, external agencies, authorities, and accredited institutes, when necessary, and support safety and engineering processes.
• On time managing and planning of all certification activities
• Scheduling for certification, and support the coordination of qualification testing and safety management
• Responsible for requirements management of all certification relevant requirements, standards and documents
• Requirements tracking for all certification relevant requirements (listing the requirements, scheduling, coordinating the schedule with external consultant if necessary)
• Proactive requesting, tracking and documenting validations from engineering
• Checking of the validation documentation for plausibility, quality and relevance
• Coordination with assessors, agencies, accredited sites and external consultants
• Support safety management for all relevant safety committees (liaison)
• Support engineering regarding FRA compliance and CFR/APTA/US-standards
• RA/TC (North America) compliance and certification

Your profile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) in relevant field
• 5-8 years of experience in the field of rail vehicle, defense, aerospace and certification management
• Strong knowledge of industry regulations and standards
• Experience in leading challenging projects in an international environment
• Team player with high degree of social competence, sense of responsibility and assertiveness
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
• Structured, goal-oriented, dynamic and loyal personality
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with strong teamwork skills

Our offer

Jennifer Hood
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