Sr. HW Regulatory Compliance Engineer, Hardware

Amazon Lab126; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Lab126 is an innovative R&D organization designing high-profile consumer electronics. The Hardware Safety & Compliance team embeds regulatory requirements early in product design to meet global standards for FCC, CE, and other regimes.

Sr. HW Regulatory Compliance Engineer will shape designs from concept through mass production, lead testing, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely market access for wireless devices worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Design, EMC Design, or related field.
• 7+ years of regulatory compliance experience in Wireless, EMC, testing and certification.
• 5+ years in WLAN/BT/Zigbee/Cellular with hands-on testing and debugging.
• Experience submitting for official certification (FCC, ISED, CE).
• Experience with Asia-based manufacturing partners and labs.
• Hands-on testing in semi-anechoic chambers with signal generators, spectrum/network analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Own compliance architecture for product programs end-to-end from concept to mass production certification.
• Ensure products meet global regulatory standards across wireless, RF, EMC, and related tech.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to specify regulatory requirements.
• Drive EMI/EMC and RF compliance by design with hands-on testing and debugging.
• Plan and direct testing with external labs for first-pass certification.
• Navigate FCC/IC/CE and international schemes to avoid timeline delays.
• Review designs for compliance readiness and perform risk assessments.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for compliance issues.
• Provide concise compliance updates to leadership with business impact.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Wireless tech experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Spectrum analyzer

Network analyzer

Signal generator

Semi-anechoic chamber testing

Job description

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Echo, Ring, and Blink — icons of ambient computing reaching hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. What will you help us create?

The Hardware Safety & Compliance (HWSC) team is the critical bridge between bold hardware innovation and worldwide market access. We don't just check boxes — we embed compliance into the DNA of product design from Day 1, ensuring that hundreds of millions of devices meet the highest standards for electromagnetic compatibility, and radio frequency performance across countries.

We're looking for a Sr. HW Regulatory Compliance Engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical ambiguity and global regulatory strategy. Someone who doesn't wait for designs to land on their desk for review — but instead helps shape those designs from the earliest concept phases, turning regulatory complexity into competitive advantage. You will be experienced in Radio Frequency (RF) and ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and product certification processes. You will have familiarity with North American and Global standards and design for compliance requirements. You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative wireless products. You will contribute to org strategies that address evolving global wireless spectrum standards and requirements. Your role will include solving ambitious and complex compliance challenges through research, engagement with regulatory agencies, hands-on testing, debugging, and validation activities. You must be analytical, able to work effectively across multiple teams and have a strong ability to navigate the global regulatory compliance schemes to enable market access of consumer electronic products.

Key job responsibilities

• Own compliance architecture for product programs end-to-end — embedding regulatory requirements into hardware design from the earliest concept phases through mass production certification
• Ensure products meet all applicable global regulatory standards across wireless, RF, EMC, and related technologies
• Work closely with the product management team and design team by researching and specifying regulatory and industry compliance requirements
• Drive EMI/EMC and RF compliance by design, do hands‑on testing and debugging — partnering with Electrical, Mechanical, and Wireless engineers to guide PCB layout, shielding strategies, and test configurations during early development
• Plan and direct compliance testing of hardware platforms, devices, and accessories with external 3rd party test labs, driving first-pass certification success
• Navigate the global regulatory landscape across FCC, IC, CE, and international certification schemes — anticipating changes before they impact product timelines
• Review product designs for compliance readiness, perform risk assessments, and guide engineering team to integrate requirements early in the product development
• Lead debugging, root cause analysis, and corrective action to address compliance risks or test failures
• Deliver concise and informative compliance updates to leadership, translating complex regulatory matters into clear business impact and recommendations
• Work with manufacturing partners and labs to test and ensure all in‑production devices remain compliant with all certifications
• Create mechanisms and best practices that prevent repeat compliance issues and improve certification efficiency across the device portfolio

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Design, EMC Design, a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in regulatory compliance around Wireless, EMC, testing and certification
• 5+ years of experience in one or more wireless technologies (WLAN/BT/Zigbee/Cellular) with hands on compliance testing, data interpretation and debug experience
• Experience in submissions for official certification through relevant compliance bodies such as FCC, ISED, UK, and CE
• Experience working with Asia-based manufacturing partners and test labs
• Hands‑on experience in compliance test setup in semi‑anechoic chambers and demonstrated experience with test equipments like signal generator, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, call box.
• Demonstrated ability to debug compliance failures at component or system level

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical engineering, RF Engineering, EMC Design or a related field
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Excellent organization skills with experience managing compliance programs, schedules, and cross-functional deliverables to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience developing technical implementation strategies for emerging wireless technologies
• Knowledge of global spectrum regulations, requirements and certification processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 157,900.00 - 213,600.00 USD annually

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