Senior Certification Specialist - Robotic Food Systems

Cssmerge; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life & disability insurance

Voluntary insurance

Pet insurance

401(k)

HSA

FSA

Time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh seeks a Product Certification Specialist to manage the full lifecycle of product certification and compliance for robotic food-production systems. You will translate standards into engineering requirements, lead audits, and ensure readiness for regulatory reviews.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in product certification, strong documentation and cross-functional skills, and willingness to travel to deployment sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, food science, regulatory affairs, quality, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in product certification, regulatory compliance, quality, verification and validation, or product safety for electromechanical equipment.
• Experience with NSF, an NRTL, or another third-party certification organization.
• Ability to interpret sanitation, electrical, operator-safety, and food-code requirements into practical product and documentation requirements.
• Strong program-management, auditing, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to production and deployment sites for prototype field evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Own product certification: Manage the full certification lifecycle for NSF sanitation, electrical safety, and operator-safety requirements.
• Develop the compliance strategy: Review and update the company’s compliance approach by combining business and product needs with applicable national standards, certification requirements, customer expectations, and local health codes.
• Translate requirements into product plans: Convert regulatory and certification requirements into clear engineering requirements, design-review criteria, verification plans, acceptance criteria, and certification evidence.
• Build lightweight internal compliance systems: Develop practical processes for compliance documentation, material and component records, supplier certifications, change control, testing evidence, and traceability.
• Conduct audits and maintain readiness: Develop and perform internal product, documentation, and production audits; identify gaps; manage corrective actions; and maintain readiness for certification-body, customer, production, and regulatory reviews.

Skills

Program management

Auditing

Documentation

Cross-functional communication

Attention to detail

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, food science, regulatory affairs, quality, or related

Job description

Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh seeks a Product Certification Specialist to manage the full lifecycle of product certification and compliance for robotic food-production systems. You will translate standards into engineering requirements, lead audits, and ensure readiness for regulatory reviews.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in product certification, strong documentation and cross-functional skills, and willingness to travel to deployment sites.