Product Certification & Test Engineer

ACL Digital; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ACL Digital in New York State is seeking an experienced Product Certification & Test Engineer to support certification, compliance, validation and test-lab activities for electrical and electronic products.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on UL/product safety experience, knowledge of certification testing and test planning, plus the ability to coordinate with external labs and cross-functional teams through design verification, production transition, and end-of-line testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
• 8+ years in product certification, compliance, verification or test engineering.
• Strong hands-on UL/product safety certification experience.
• Experience with UL gap analysis and pre-compliance activities.
• Ability to analyze electrical/electronic product testing and troubleshoot.

Responsibilities

• Lead certification and compliance activities for electrical and electronic products.
• Develop test plans, procedures, and test cases.
• Coordinate with external laboratories for UL/CSA testing.
• Perform pre-compliance and formal certification testing.
• Support EOL electrical testing and production test strategy.
• Troubleshoot test failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Review documentation and collaborate with hardware, embedded, mechanical, manufacturing and quality teams.
• Assist prototype bring-up and production transition.
• Support fixture/jig development and production test setup.

Skills

UL Certification

Test Planning

Root Cause Analysis

Electrical Testing

Lab Coordination

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelors in EE

Tools

Certification Labs

Job description

Function: Product Certification, Compliance & Test Engineering

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Product Certification & Test Engineer to support product certification, compliance, validation and test-lab activities for electrical and electronic products.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in UL/product safety compliance, certification testing, test planning, pre-compliance, reliability testing and production/test engineering. Experience with UL 60730-1 or similar product safety standards is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead/support product certification and compliance activities for electrical and electronic products.
• Perform compliance gap analysis and identify applicable safety and certification requirements.
• Support UL/CSA product safety certification activities and coordinate with external certification/testing laboratories.
• Develop certification strategies, test plans, procedures and test cases.
• Support pre-compliance and formal certification testing.
• Support End-of-Line (EOL) electrical testing and production test strategy.
• Execute/coordinate electrical, functional, environmental and reliability testing.
• Troubleshoot test failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support PCBA and system-level verification and validation.
• Support prototype bring-up, design verification and production transition.
• Work with test labs, manufacturing and engineering teams during certification and production release.
• Support test fixture/jig development and production test setups.
• Review technical documentation, test reports and certification requirements.
• Collaborate with Hardware, Embedded, Mechanical, Manufacturing and Quality Engineering teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in product certification, compliance, verification/validation or test engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with UL/product safety certification and compliance.
• Experience with UL gap analysis, pre-compliance and formal certification activities.
• Strong understanding of electrical/electronic product testing and troubleshooting.
• Experience developing test plans, procedures and technical reports.
• Experience working with certification/test laboratories.
• Strong analytical and root-cause troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Skills

• UL 60730-1 experience.
• Knowledge of NEC requirements/codes relevant to electrical products.
• Experience with test-lab engineering.
• Experience with EOL electrical testing.
• Industrial/electrical/embedded/controls product experience.
• Familiarity with FCC/IC/CE or other regulatory requirements.
• Reliability and environmental testing experience.
• Experience supporting US-based manufacturing/engineering teams.

Ideal Candidate

• The ideal candidate should be able to work across engineering, certification, test laboratory and manufacturing functions, with the ability to take ownership from compliance gap assessment through certification and production.