Compliance Engineer

Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. seeks a Compliance Engineer to ensure global regulatory and safety requirements are met throughout the product lifecycle. This role focuses on HES, Hog, automated lighting, and fixture products, with potential collaboration across LED groups.

You will review designs, develop testing strategies, coordinate with laboratories, and guide regulatory compliance across projects in a collaborative, hands-on environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required; Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, investigative skills and technical aptitude.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to present recommendations and adapt plans.
• Experience in a product development environment.
• Familiarity with product safety standards; EMC knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assumes design responsibility for portions of project
• Develops test and verification procedures
• Documents compliance by completing approval applications and recording test results
• Reviews product designs to identify potential compliance issues
• Coordinates with external testing laboratories to achieve product certifications
• Is involved in selecting and applying global regulatory standards for a product family
• Supports testing activities and product builds as needed
• Travels occasionally to support testing activities and testing labs

Skills

Problem-solving

Multi-project management

Communication skills

Product development

EMC compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

ETC is a global leader in lighting, rigging, and power control solutions is seeking a Compliance Engineer to join our team in Middleton. ETC products are used in theaters, concert venues, schools, attractions, houses of worship, and architectural spaces around the world. For more than 50 years, we've combined the resources of a global company with an employee-focused culture that puts people first. As a 100% employee-owned company, we all share in our success and are committed to building innovative products and exceptional customer experiences.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Compliance Engineer, you'll play a key role in ensuring our products meet global regulatory and safety requirements throughout the product development lifecycle. This position will primarily support our HES product lines, including development efforts for our Hog product line, automated lighting , and fixture products, with opportunities to assist our LED product group as business needs allow.

In a typical day, you'll collaborate with engineering teams to review product designs, identify potential compliance concerns, and develop testing strategies. You'll attend project meetings, provide guidance on applicable regulatory requirements, create and coordinate compliance test plans, perform pre-compliance troubleshooting and testing, and work closely with external testing laboratories to achieve product certifications. This is a highly collaborative, hands‑on role that combines technical problem-solving, product development support, and regulatory compliance expertise.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is organized, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously. Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills are essential, as this role requires evaluating product designs, interpreting regulatory requirements, and balancing input from a variety of stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, with Electrical Engineering preferred
• Technical aptitude with strong problem-solving and investigative skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present recommendations and adapt plans based on stakeholder feedback
• Experience working within a product development environment
• Familiarity with product safety compliance standards; EMC compliance experience is a plus

Candidates with experience in product compliance, product safety testing, such as automotive, appliance, or other regulated industries will be especially well‑ positioned for success.

This position is primarily onsite in Middleton. Limited travel may be required to support testing activities, product builds, or visits to testing laboratories.

Representative Responsibilities

• Assumes design responsibility for portions of project
• Makes design modifications or improvements to development projects
• Maintains project reference documentation
• Develops test and verification procedures
• Analyzes project problems to determine probable cause and potential solutions
• Conducts necessary investigative work pertinent to designs
• May be involved in the compilation of project schedules, specifications, test plans, equipment purchases, and release related documentation
• May be involved in departmental process and quality programs
• Have a working knowledge of global regulatory standards for a specific product or product family
• Focus on product safety evaluations
• Researching and identifying applicable global regulatory, industry compliance standards and codes for a specific product or product family. Develop a compliance program based on these standards
• Identifying new test equipment to increase regulatory compliance testing capabilities
• Prevents compliance issues by collaborating with engineering teams, reviewing designs, identifying and resolving compliance issues in products
• Determine compliance by establishing compliance test standards, performing diagnostic tests to analyze failures and help make corrections to solve the issue.
• Have a strong understanding of emission, immunity, and product safety tests for global regulatory standards.
• Design immunity tests setup for product operation verification. Communicate test setups to final test house
• Organizes compliance program by preparing timetables, cost estimates and required resources including test laboratories and equipment
• Documents compliance by completing approval applications, recording tests results, and maintaining a compliance database for each product or product family
• May be involved in continuation engineering maintenance and manufacturing floor support of existing products
• Schedules and attends identified training classes
• Participates as a team member, works effectively in a team environment
• Becomes familiar with tools and applications utilized by department
• Learns department and corporate policies, procedures and plans
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Completes special projects and assignments in a positive and timely manner
• Ability to travel

Minimum Qualifications

• Technical Bachelor’s Degree
• All levels of previous job-related experience will be considered
• Good group interaction skills
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrates thorough documentation skills in the development of materials used within the department or division
• Demonstrates ability to dissect problems and assignments into manageable tasks
• Demonstrates ability to make independent decisions
• Demonstrates ability to systematically solve problems of moderate scope and perform root cause analysis
• Contributes to the creation of new solutions
• Identifies problems and begins to determine alternatives
• Ability to accurately estimate time required to complete tasks
• Understands and applies accepted engineering principles and practices
• Performs design or modification of a product, service, or process
• Familiar with the application of company and industry design standards
• General knowledge of EMC standards is a plus