Senior/regulatory Compliance Officer

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- Singapore, SingaporeSenior/Regulatory Compliance Officer

**Senior/Regulatory Compliance Officer**

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure Sennheiser products are designed and verified to comply with country-specific regulatory laws and requirements in terms of Product Safety, EMC, RF, Energy Efficiency and Environmental regulations.
- Monitor, interpret, understand product related regulations, define processes to obtain and maintain certifications, provide guidance, and conduct training to internal stakeholders.
- Prevent compliance issues by collaborating with project teams, reviewing relevant data, identifying, and resolving issues.
- Stay current with trends in latest wireless technologies and applicable regulations.
- Develop/enhance compliance related systems/processes, manager compliance documents, tools and related templates.
- Interface with external organizations, such as: test labs, certification bodies, authorities, agencies.
- Think beyond the box and anticipate regulatory compliance challenges, proactively communicate with internal stake holders and external authorities/agencies to achieve product certification, resolve issues for win-win solutions.
- Organize compliance program by preparing Certification plan, Marking matrix for products/packaging/user guides/product leaflets, Conformity assessment according to Sennheiser internal process.
- Manage complex projects with diverse scope by reserach and investigation, assessment and interpretation of polcisy/procedures/standrad/regulations.
- Perform product safety evaluations based on country-specific requirements. Review & understand schematics, specifications to support and actively participate in design reviews.
- Prepare regulatory submission documents, Review marking/labeling text on product/packaging/user guide/leaflet, test reports, certificates, and declarations.
- Coordinate and support product submissions and documentation based on regulatory changes/product changes.
- Coduct product safety risk assessments related to design, processes, recommend appropriate risk mitigation measures, including process change and lead initiatives across the stakeholders to improve and maintain product compliance.
- Coordinate product safety factory audits by external parties.
- Prepare Technical Construction File, update Regulatory compliance status and maintain compliance database.
- Work with global team for alignment and common approach to compliance management.
- Generate company’s response to changes and follow up with appropriate areas to ensure required changes are implemented based on regulatory and legislative changes.
- Responding to customer requests regarding regulatory compliance questions/issues.

**Pre-requisites**:

- Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Bachelor’s degree with min. 5 years or Diploma in with min. 8 years of experience in regulatory compliance under consumer electronics (A/V, ITE/ICT products) in product development environment.
- Ability to recognize opportunities to improve regulatory compliance and propose practical solutions with respect to product safety/EMC/RF and processes.
- Strong written and verbal skills to create high quality technical assessment, reports, and procedures, good communication skills and ability to engage cross-functional teams, internal stakeholders and external agencies to manage product testing and certification.
- Ability to translate safety standards clauses to technical design requirements, good understanding of electrical product safety and test methodology.
- Experience in analyzing systems, identify design weaknesses and hazards that might cause accidents, and make recommendations to resolve.
- Good knowledge of wireless technologoes such as 2.4GHz SRDs, Bluetooth, WIFI 2.4 GHz/5GHz, NFC, Qi technology applicable to consumer products.
- Experience in handling Lithium battery and External Power adapter certification.
- Proficient in legislation, knowledge of worldwide regulatory compliance standards, certification schemes, marking and test sample requirements, implementation processes etc.
- Creative thinking, problem solving and analytical skills to make decisions using data and prioritize solutions.
- Focused, meticulous, and willing to learn new requirements related to product compliance