Data Analyst - Regulations and Materials

About the role

Inform key decision making related to scope and impact of future regulations on existing and future products. Generate tracking data on progress towards phase-out targets and goals for restricted and reportable substances. Enable subject matter experts to generate robust risk assessments. Provide flexible support to a changing regulatory landscape, including ad-hoc data analytics. Optimize stakeholder prioritization of greatest-impact compliance areas.

Responsibilities

• Collect part and material data, including documentation and attributes, from design engineering, contract manufacturing partners, suppliers, and pertinent data systems.
• Track and document data sources and inputs as necessary.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to scope data set requirements, including analysis and visualization goals.
• Clean, merge, normalize, and interpret datasets, generating programming scripts as needed.
• Establish analytic metrics and visualizations based on datasets, in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Work exceptionally well in a fast-paced environment and multitask across projects.
• Generate outputs in support of executive presentations done by stakeholders.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in a relevant field.
• MS/BS in Engineering or Computer Science preferred with 4+ years of relevant industry experience.
• History working with material and chemical data (focused in consumer electronics preferred).
• Proven track record working with datasets utilized for regulatory compliance (EU REACH, RoHS, China VOC, etc. preferred).
• Familiarity with data warehouse and data visualization software (Airtable, Snowflake, Tableau, or similar).
• Experience with programming languages for manipulating data sets (Python preferred; Java, Swift also acceptable).
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a history of supporting multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills and thrives in both collaborative and independent work environments.

Assumptions

• Candidate must have past experience working in consumer electronics or a comparable field in a technical role/function.
• Candidate is able to work simultaneously across multiple focus areas while maintaining documentation and traceability.
• Candidate can fulfill all pertinent NPS background checks and qualifications to work on confidential Apple product developments.

Risks

• Ensuring support and coverage across multiple compliance data analytics projects simultaneously.
• Candidates must maintain good standing with Apple Security and Disclosure requirements, be retained to enable access to early disclosures, and support confidential compliance evaluation activities that can require up to 1 year of continuous Apple engagement prior to being granted early disclosures.