Compliance Engineer/Certification Manager

Stadler Rail AG; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stadler Rail AG in the United States invites a Compliance Engineer/Certification Manager to lead certification activities across rail projects. You will coordinate with internal project teams, external agencies, authorities and consultants to ensure FRA, CFR/APTA and US-standards compliance.

Based in Salt Lake City, you will drive requirements management, validations, and documentation while supporting safety processes and cross‑border collaboration in an international environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) in relevant field.
• 5–8 years of experience in rail vehicles, 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.
• Team player with social competence and sense of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• On-time management and planning of all certification activities.
• Scheduling for certification and coordination of testing and safety management.
• Requirements management for all certification standards and documents.
• Tracking of certification requirements and coordinating with external consultants.
• Proactive validation requests and documentation from engineering.
• Coordination with assessors, agencies, sites and external consultants.
• Support safety committees and FRA/CFR/US-standards compliance.
• Compliance and certification for North America (RA/TC).

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Program coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

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/Certification Manager, 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.

Key Activities

• 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