Lead Compliance Engineer

Job Overview

As a Lead Compliance Engineer, you will drive and manage the full product safety and compliance lifecycle across our product portfolio. This role is responsible for leading compliance strategy from early engagement in codes and standards development through certification, market launch, and ongoing sustaining improvements. You will lead the responsibility for identifying all regulatory and technical hurdles Heron’s products must clear on the path to global market. Then, in collaboration with the design engineering team, will demonstrate Heron's products meet or exceed all requirements, achieve all certifications, and successfully enter target markets.

Must-Have Requirements

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent
• More than 7 years’ experience in regulatory and compliance certification for solar, wind, battery or other power electronics products
• Deep understanding and familiarity with relevant UL/IEC/EN, IEEE, and ISO standards and how they inform the design and certification process of grid-connected power electronics systems
• Experience with manufacturing processes and material selection for high-power assemblies (e.g., busbars, potting, conformal coating, HV connectors)
• Experience developing DFMEA, PFMEA and HARA for complex hardware design and manufacturing environment
• Experience of participating in product-relevant standards committees
• Development experience of cybersecurity program for utility connected equipment
• Functional safety requirements and procedures integration into Software and Firmware development
• Able to thrive in ambiguity, relying on your first principles engineering experience to identify creative solutions to hard problems
• Capability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive under pressure, owning assignments and taking full accountability
• Effective communicator and negotiator with excellent attention to detail
• Hands on experience designing and operating test equipment and data acquisition systems, such as oscilloscopes, power and spectrum analyzers, data loggers, etc.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with grid-tied hardware such as medium-voltage converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, or protective relays
• Experience designing or testing medium-voltage systems (e.g., 1.5kV–35kV), including insulation coordination, clearance/creepage, and partial discharge considerations
• Hands-on experience with test automation using Python, LabVIEW, or embedded scripting for power hardware validation
• Working experience of UL1741, UL 347a, IEC 62109-1, IEC 62109-2, IEC 62477, UL 9540, UL 1998, UL 840, UL 2891, UL5500, IEEE 1547, IEEE 2800

Benefits

Competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The salary for this role ranges from $150,000 to $198,000 per year.