Senior Certification & Compliance Engineer

Celestica; New Hampshire; On-site; USD 102,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Senior Certification & Compliance Engineer to embed with product teams from day one, ensuring modular data centers, power skids, and E-house systems meet global regulatory standards.

You will drive certification strategies, liaise with UL/Intertek/CSA, and lead testing programs across NEC, NFPA, and UL references, while coordinating with manufacturing for routine factory compliance testing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of regulatory compliance, standards engineering, or design-focused product safety experience.
• Proven track record in certifying industrial power equipment, modular enclosures, grid-tied battery systems, or complex data center utility skids.
• Experience guiding a product through an initial NRTL listing campaign from architecture kick-off to certificate issuance.

Responsibilities

• Active Design Integration (Compliance-by-Design) with cross-functional teams.
• Embed with electrical, mechanical, and controls design engineers to guide layouts and component selection.
• Vet third-party components for appropriate listings and ratings.
• Ensure packaging designs respect NEC, NFPA, OSHA safety boundaries.
• Define and coordinate global product certification strategy.
• Act as primary technical contact with UL, Intertek, CSA.
• Structure and oversee physical testing programs (dielectric, short-circuit, thermal runaways).
• Author construction files and traceability matrices; maintain compliance documentation.

Skills

NEC regulations

UL/NRTL listings

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Senior Certification & Compliance Engineer

Building the next generation of modular data centers and supporting power systems requires navigating an intricate web of factory-built product certifications and site-specific field deployment codes. This role is highly collaborative and action-oriented, embedding directly with our product development teams from day one to ensure that prefabricated, containerized E‑houses, power skids, and modular systems are engineered to satisfy global regulatory frameworks, accelerate deployment schedules, and secure seamless permitting.

Key Responsibilities

• Active Design Integration (Compliance-by-Design)
• Embed with electrical, mechanical, and controls design engineers to guide physical layouts, spacing, component selection, and structural boundaries.
• Vet third‑party components (switchgear, inverters, batteries, breakers) for appropriate listings and ratings.
• Ensure packaging designs respect workspace clearances, egress pathways, and safety boundaries mandated by NEC, NFPA, OSHA, etc.
• Define and coordinate the global product certification strategy.
• Act as the primary technical contact with Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (UL, Intertek, CSA).
• Structure and oversee physical testing programs, including dielectric, short-circuit, thermal runaways, and environmental ingress testing.
• Serve as subject‑matter expert on NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 855, NFPA 75, UL 891, UL 1558, UL 508A, UL 9540, UL 1973, and UL 62368‑1.
• Navigate state-level modular building programs and manage third‑party inspection agency coordination.
• Author technical construction files, traceability matrices, and maintain compliance documentation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to establish routine factory compliance tests on assembly floors.

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of NEC, IBC, OSHA regulations, and UL product listings.
• Experience with safety design techniques such as FMEA and HAZID.

Physical Demands

• Works in a normal office environment or manufacturing floor.
• Frequent travel between customers and company locations.
• Requires extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer.
• Repetitive manual movements such as data entry.
• All demands are performed within local health and safety guidelines.

Salary

Base Salary: $102K-$135K. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

Typical Experience

• 6+ years of regulatory compliance, standards engineering, or design-focused product safety experience.
• Proven track record in certifying industrial power equipment, modular enclosures, grid-tied battery systems, or complex data center utility skids.
• Demonstrated experience guiding a product through an initial NRTL listing campaign from architecture kick‑off to certificate issuance.

Typical Education

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Preferred: Active participation in professional standards technical committees (e.g., IEEE, UL, NFPA).

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. This mandate applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.