Product Safety Regulatory Compliance Principal Engineer

Job Requisition

The position is fully remote with travel. 
 

The Opportunity: Global Product Safety Compliance Johnson Controls has an exciting Global Product Safety Compliance Principal Engineer opportunity within the Global Products organization. We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to join the Global Engineering Excellence team within JCI’s Global Products and lead  Safety and Regulatory Compliance projects, regulatory evaluations and Strategic Initiatives. This individual partners closely with Johnson Controls Quality and Legal Departments to assure compliance programs are appropriately implemented, monitored, and maintained. This position will also collaborate with customers, design engineering, supply chain, external alliance partners, engineering, and various other functional business unit stakeholders.
 

What You Will Do
 

The Global Product Safety Compliance (PSC) Principal Engineer under the guidance of the Global Product Safety Compliance Director is accountable for product safety and regulatory compliance of the JCI product portfolio which includes chillers, heat pumps,  fire suppression and protection equipment, security, controls and more. The individual will lead and conduct risk assessments as well as conduct manufacturing audits to verify safety and regulatory compliance. The individual will lead process improvements to drive proactive and sustained compliance in the lifecycle management of the product line.  

The Global PSC Principal Engineer must have a good understanding and experience in regional and global safety standards to lead the Product Safety team. The Product Safety team works with the new product development teams on safety reviews of DFMEA/PFMEA/Control Plan and will ensure lessons learned (safety related field campaigns, warranty, etc.) are rolled back into NPI and manufacturing. 

The Principal Engineer will lead and advise on potential product safety issues and lead a team to determine root cause analysis, risk assessment, resolution and field communications driving these issues to completion and implementing preventative actions.

They will ensure global safety standards and city, state, country or province codes are met. They must also have a good understanding of technical interpretation of safety standards and support regional branch and field code compliance questions from customers or Authorities having Jurisdiction. 

How You Will Do It
 

• Manage complex product safety and regulatory code projects and risk assessments. .
• Serve as an expert regulatory compliance advisor and Subject Matter Expert on key strategic and critical compliance issues.
• Provide compliance expertise and global compliance perspective in the development of risk mitigation strategies.
• Understand product and process risk profiles, proactively identify and prioritize risks. Partner with stakeholders to escalate critical risks to the appropriate level of management.
• Partners with Supplier Quality leadership to provide compliance oversight and execute compliance programs to ensure compliance with all voluntary, regulatory and statutory standards.
• Execute follow ups to audits, significant regulatory inspections, and regulatory actions. Partner with stakeholders to drive effective, sustainable action against associated action plans.
• Maintain knowledge and application of the product safety regulations, standards, requirements and certifications that apply to Johnson Controls products.
• Partner with other areas to identify critical areas for improvements in the product to assure continuous improvement.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in developing strategy for Product Safety and Regulatory Code Compliance.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.
• Demonstrated high level Project Management skills.
• A minimum of 12 years' with experience in Product safety regulatory compliance
• Demonstrated track record of achieving successful compliance outcomes, remediating compliance issues, and supporting regulatory inspections
• Change maker with bias for positive action
• Flexible and agile; able to adjust to changing circumstances and business demands
• Prior experience leading various aspects of Safety Regulatory and Compliance globally
• Skills to work well and solve field issues with Certification regulators, field inspectors, etc.
• Ability to build partnerships, handle complex situations, mediate issues and build consensus and impact outcomes without always having line authority.
• Strong analytical skills and experience implementing risk-based oversight programs.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to balance technical understanding of products and processes with compliance perspective and business acumen.
• Ability to navigate in a dynamic global organization and building strong partnerships with key stakeholders across multiple multi-national geographies.
• Balanced contribution of listening, technical, analytical skills, and problem interpretation into technical product requirements.
• Demonstrate strategic agility when faced with difficult situations when no near-term clear path is ideal. Keeping focus on long-term goals of platform.
• Travel may be required up to 20%, typically North  (possibly some future international travel).
• Knowledge of UL/CSA/IEC 60335 is preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of 8D, FMEA process is helpful but not required.

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.