Hardware Compliance Engineer

Role Overview

• Ensure Sonos' products meet all regulatory test requirements, such as safety (IEC 62368-1, IEC 62133), Energy Efficiency, Electronic Magnetic Compatibility (FCC part 15B, EN 301 489-1, EN 301 489-17, CISPR32) and Radio Frequency (FCC part 15C and E, EN 300 328, EN 301 893, SRRC Regulation No. 129, MIC certification).
• Act as part of the Compliance Engineering team responsible for all new product designs and ongoing compliance of products in production, including but not limited to, expanding the new frequency range for market access, maintaining current product design sustainability, and qualifying alternate sources for design performance and sustainability.
• Own regulatory compliance testing projects for Sonos from requesting the quote to pre-testing hardware and system to meet the regulatory requirements as well as arranging testing lab for chamber time and certifying products at the third party lab to obtain the certification and test reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance schedules match the overall program schedule.
• Inform the product leadership team with potential risk and provide mitigation suggestions to work with the team, facilitating the debugging activities to ensure the certification schedule meets the milestone.
• Work with third party labs to obtain new certifications and renewal certificates, achieve compliance for Sonos products, develop and implement compliance strategies for global market expansion (North America, EU, UK, LATAM, APAC…).
• Work with CM/JDM to track the certification status to meet the overall program timeline.
• Perform compliance tests for safety (Hi-Pot, Touch current, Abnormal single fault), Electronic Magnetic Compatibility (Radiated Emission, Conducted Emission, Telco Emission, Immunity) and Radio Frequency (DFS, Adaptivity, Rx blocking, Contention Based Protocol, carrier sense, Duty Cycle, PSD, Spurious Emission, Harmonic, Out-of-band) certification.
• Analyze test data and document the results, including evaluating testing data between different labs and correlating data to ensure compliance data are within the acceptable tolerance and meet sonos compliance specification.
• Prepare regulatory documents and submit to regulatory agencies to resolve Compliance issues, including but not limited to, working with regulatory reviewers to adjust and provide sufficient technical information (antenna specification, theory of operation, Critical component list, block diagrams, test reports and DoCs) to the certified body or notified body to move forward with the review process to obtain certificates on time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, with 5 years as a Compliance Engineer with a broad background in product development and technical regulatory compliance.
• Strong presentation, written and oral communication skills, time management, project management and organizational skills.
• Experience with risk mitigation management and assessments.
• Experience in documenting product compliance requirements extracted from industry safety, EMC and Wireless standards.
• Experience with EMC design methodologies; Design for Safety and RF (wireless
• WiFi, BT) certification in consumer electronic industry.
• Experience with Environmental Compliance is desirable.
• Experience in assisting engineering change process and interacting with regulatory agencies, JDM/CM partners, testing lab, etc.
• Familiar with JIRA, Confluence, Agile, Arena to track and document issues and status.
• Willingness to travel.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting
• An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required
• 80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually
• Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year
• Sonos offers a generous paid leave program for new parents or to care for a family member with a serious health condition, as well as short
• and long-term disability for your own medical condition
• Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance
• Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being
• A generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD
• on us!