Product Safety Compliance Engineer III

About the role

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer III to serve as a technical authority for regulatory compliance and product safety within the US transit bus market. This role ensures products meet applicable FMVSS/CMVSS, ADA vehicle accessibility, FTA-funded procurement, and APTA requirements while partnering cross-functionally to embed compliance early in design. This is a senior individual contributor role with strong influence across engineering, quality, suppliers, and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or similar).
• 7+ years’ experience in product safety, compliance, or regulated vehicle engineering.
• Hands-on experience with FMVSS/CMVSS application.
• Working knowledge of ADA vehicle accessibility requirements.
• Strong technical documentation and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Own compliance assessments, interpretation and application of FMVSS (49 CFR Part 571) and CMVSS.
• Lead ADA accessibility compliance (49 CFR Parts 37 & 38) for transit bus products.
• Support FTA-funded bus procurements and customer compliance requirements.
• Define verification strategies and approve test plans and compliance evidence.
• Partner with engineering and quality teams to manage safety and compliance risk.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, test labs, regulators, and legal counsel as compliance subject matter experts.

Physical Demands

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Pay

The salary rate for this role is currently $91,000–$129,800. The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands, and work location.

Benefits

Offered benefits include health, welfare, and retirement plans. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible. More information is available at mywabtecbenefits.com.