Compliance Engineer - LIB

About The Job

A Compliance Engineer is responsible for ensuring that lithium-ion battery products within a company adhere to all relevant safety and regulatory standards, including design, testing, and documentation, by collaborating with engineering teams to design compliant batteries, manage testing processes with third-party labs, and maintain necessary certifications to market the products globally.

Key Responsibilities:

Design Review and Approval:

• Collaborate with battery design engineers to review battery cell, pack designs and BMS for compliance with safety standards.

• Identify potential safety hazards in battery designs and propose mitigation strategies.

• Conduct safety analysis techniques such as FMEA, FTA, and HARA

• Ensure design documentation accurately reflects compliance considerations.

Testing and Certification:

• Manage testing processes with third-party laboratories to validate battery performance and safety against relevant standards.

• Interpret test results and address any non-compliance issues.

• Coordinate with certification bodies to obtain necessary safety certifications for battery products.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain comprehensive compliance documentation, including test reports, design files, and certificates of compliance.

• Prepare reports for internal stakeholders and regulatory agencies detailing compliance status.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams including hardware, software, system engineers, and design teams to integrate safety considerations into the battery system.

• Collaborate with regulatory bodies and industry stakeholders to ensure compliance with relevant safety standards.

• Provide technical expertise on functional safety to internal and external teams.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Stay updated on all applicable international and domestic regulations related to Li-ion batteries, including UN DOT, IEC, UL, and local standards.

• Analyse new regulations and assess their impact on product design and testing requirements.

• Lithium-Ion batteries labelling requirement.

• Develop compliance strategies to ensure products meet all regulatory requirements.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical or a related field.

A master's degree is a plus.

• Proven Min.

7-8 years of experience in compliance engineering, preferably in the energy storage industry with a focus on functional (electrical) and fire safety of Lithium-ion batteries.

• Strong understanding of regulatory standards, including UL, IEC, IEEE, and other relevant industry guidelines like

1.

UL1741, IEEE 1547, UL1998/991 and UL60730-1.

2.

UL9540, UL9540A, UL1973, IEC 62109-1/-2

3.

FCC, CE, NOM, ISED, NEC, NFPA, and other product regulations

• Familiarity with energy storage technologies such as lithium-ion batteries, Sodium-ion batteries, and other advanced energy storage syste...