Senior Product Compliance & Standards Engineer

Senior Product Compliance & Standards Engineer

Amphenol Industrial Operations

Reports To: Technical Director

Job Description Summary:

The Senior Product Compliance & Standards Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating global technical standards and product compliance activities for Amphenol Industrial Operations (AIO). This role supports product development, R&D, sustaining engineering, qualification, and certification activities across AIO engineering and manufacturing locations worldwide.

The position works with global product teams early in the development process to identify applicable international, regional, and national requirements; establish product compliance and certification strategies; interpret standards and regional deviations; and align product designs and qualification plans for multiple markets. The role serves as a global technical resource for standards including, but not limited to, UL, IEC, ASTM, EIA, ISO, Open Compute Project (OCP), and SAE requirements.

The Senior Product Compliance & Standards Engineer works directly with UL and other certification bodies, test laboratories, global Product Development, R&D, Quality, Product Management, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams. The position coordinates global certification and testing programs, resolves differences in regional requirements, supports reuse of test evidence where permitted, and drives timely approvals for global product launches.

A key responsibility is representing AIO in international and regional standards committees, technical panels, task groups, industry consortiums, and working groups. The role monitors emerging requirements across global markets, provides technical input, and helps shape standards that affect current and future AIO technologies.

This global role supports all AIO product lines and markets, including data center, solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, heavy equipment, harsh environment, transportation, industrial, and other high-reliability applications. Regular collaboration across regions and time zones is required, along with domestic and international travel to standards meetings, certification events, conferences, laboratories, and AIO locations.

Company Introduction

Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York, with global manufacturing, design, sales, and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for harsh environments and high performance. Our solutions cater to diverse, high-growth industrial sectors such as alternative energy, energy storage, hyperscale datacom, telecom, rail and mass transit, electric and hybrid vehicles, transportation, factory automation, robotics, and heavy equipment.

Our product portfolio addresses modern power and signal requirements and emerging system technology needs encompassing high-amperage power interconnects utilizing proprietary RADSOK® contact technology, ruggedized circular, rectangular interconnects and board level contacts (GT, AC, PT, Amphe-Lite, Radsert, PowerBlok, SurLok Plus, ePower, UPC, H4 Plus, and more), advanced power distribution including value-add box builds, custom-engineered cable assemblies and overmolded harnesses. With a dedicated team of over 2500 skilled staff operating across a growing international footprint—including eight key manufacturing sites in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East providing localization for our customer base. Amphenol Industrial Operations consistently meets the highest global standards of quality, product performance, design capabilities, and regionalized technical and sales support.

Amphenol Industrial Operations proudly operates as a business unit of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), a global leader in the electronics revolution, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Global Standards & Product Compliance Leadership

• Provide global technical compliance guidance and support from concept development through design, validation, qualification, certification, product release, and lifecycle management.
• Establish global product compliance strategies that address international standards, regional and national deviations, certification pathways, and market-access requirements.
• Identify applicable requirements early and translate them into clear product requirements, design inputs, test plans, compliance matrices, and certification deliverables for global engineering teams.
• Work closely with AIO global test facilities and external laboratories to ensure compliance testing is performed consistently and in accordance with applicable standards, while identifying and mitigating technical and certification risks.
• Support AIO global test facilities in developing and maintaining the capabilities, processes, and qualifications necessary to perform UL testing where appropriate.
• Support product development engineers globally to identify certification risks, regional conflicts, schedule impacts, and opportunities to leverage common designs or test evidence across markets.
• Participate in design reviews on new product development projects.

International Standards Development & Industry Representation

• Represent AIO in applicable international and regional standards committees, standards technical panels, working groups, task groups, and industry organizations.
• Build relationships with standards organizations, certification bodies, industry consortiums, customers, and technical experts across key regions.
• Monitor proposed and emerging standards globally and assess their potential impact on AIO products, technology roadmaps, certifications, and market access.
• Provide AIO technical input on new and revised requirements and help develop, improve, and influence practical, safe, and technically sound standards and test methods.
• Coordinate AIO positions and technical comments across global engineering, product management, quality, and business stakeholders before external submission.

Global Certification Agency & Testing Management

• Serve as a senior global technical interface with UL and other applicable certification bodies, Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and independent laboratories.
• Plan, coordinate, manage, and expedite multi-region product certification and compliance testing programs in support of global development schedules and product launches.
• Coordinate sample requirements, supporting documentation, agency submittals, engineering responses, witness testing, and follow-up actions.
• Work with engineering teams and certification partners to resolve technical questions, nonconformances, interpretation differences, and approval delays.
• Identify opportunities to align qualification programs, avoid unnecessary duplicate testing, and reuse acceptable test data or certifications where permitted.
• Maintain global visibility of certification status, open issues, risks, priorities, and required actions for active programs.

Global Standards Library & Regulatory Intelligence

• Maintain a controlled, current global standards library covering applicable international, regional, and national standards used by AIO engineering teams.
• Monitor new editions, amendments, interpretations, regional deviations, certification requirements, and effective dates that may affect existing or future products.
• Communicate standards changes and market-specific impacts to global engineering, manufacturing, product management, quality, sales, and leadership teams.
• Develop global guidance documents, standards summaries, cross-reference tables, compliance matrices, design checklists, test templates, and training materials.
• Provide training and technical support across regions to improve consistent interpretation and application of standards.

Global Product, Customer & Cross-Functional Support

• Support global product development teams and all AIO product lines serving data center, solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, heavy equipment, harsh environment, transportation, industrial, and related markets.
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing locations worldwide to align product compliance strategies, testing methods, documentation, and certification execution.
• Support customers, Business Development Managers (BDMs), Field Application Engineers (FAEs) and commercial teams during technical reviews involving standards, certifications, ratings, product applications, and market-specific requirements globally.

Qualifications:

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
• 5+ years of experience in product compliance and standards.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying product standards across multiple markets.
• Experience working directly with UL or other certification bodies, Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and independent test laboratories.
• Experience participating in standards committees, standards technical panels, international working groups, or industry consortium activities strongly preferred.
• Experience with electrical connectors, cable assemblies, high-power interconnects, industrial equipment, or related electromechanical products preferred.

Technical & Global Collaboration Requirements

• Strong working knowledge of product safety, performance, qualification, and certification standards, including UL, IEC, ASTM, EIA, ISO, OCP, SAE, and other market or product-specific requirements.
• Ability to compare international requirements and regional deviations and translate them into practical global design and test strategies.
• Knowledge of connector and cable assembly testing preferred.
• Ability to develop global certification strategies, standards cross-references, compliance matrices, test plans, engineering guidance, and executive-level status summaries.
• Strong technical problem-solving and negotiation skills when working with certification engineers, standards organizations, laboratories, customers, and global engineering teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including the ability to represent AIO in external technical forums with ability to communicate effectively with global teams; additional language capability is beneficial.
• Ability to manage multiple compliance and standards activities across regions, cultures, and time zones while maintaining clear ownership, priorities, and follow-through.
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Travel Requirements

• Domestic and international travel required for standards meetings, UL and certification events, OCP conferences, industry technical meetings, laboratory testing, customer support, and AIO engineering/manufacturing locations.
• Travel may include North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Mexico, and other global locations as required to support product development, certification, and standards activities.

Physical/Environmental Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.