Certification Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview:

Established in Taiwan in 1974, Hon Hai Technology Group, commonly known as Foxconn, is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and leading provider of technological solutions with a network of over 233 campuses across 24 countries. In the US, Foxconn employs 8,000 across 56 different sites with manufacturing operations in Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, and California. As of 2025, Foxconn ranks 28th among the Fortune Global 500 and reported revenue of approximately USD $259 billion.

The company’s diverse product offerings span four major segments: smart consumer electronics, cloud, and networking solutions, computing, and various other components. Foxconn makes 40% of the consumer electronics that we find in our everyday lives. In recent years, Hon Hai has adopted the 3+3 strategy, focusing on three emerging industries - electric vehicles, digital health solutions, and robotics - while leveraging three key technologies: next-generation communications, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductors. Together, these initiatives position the company as a leader in innovation for the 21st century.

Hon Hai Technology Group is deeply committed to championing environmental sustainability within its manufacturing processes. By integrating sustainability into its operations framework, the company strives to serve as a best-practice model for global enterprises, enhancing corporate responsibility while meeting the growing demand for environmentally conscious production methods.

Job Summary:

The primary responsibility for the Certification Engineer is to secures global regulatory, safety, and wireless certifications (e.g., FCC, CE, UL, RoHS, BSMI) required for legal product sales. Translates complex international standards into actionable design requirements for the R&D team, ensuring products pass compliance testing on the first attempt. Minimizes design vulnerabilities by reviewing component specifications and product architecture during the early stages of development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and coordinate product regulatory testing, evaluation, and certification activities to ensure products meet applicable safety, EMC, environmental, and other regulatory requirements for targeted markets.
• Review product designs during early development stages to identify potential compliance risks and provide technical recommendations to engineering teams, reducing certification issues, redesigns, and delays later in the product lifecycle.
• Research and interpret applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, and certification updates, and develop compliance strategies to ensure product designs and certification plans remain aligned with current requirements.
• Prepare, review, and maintain certification documentation and Technical Construction Files (TCFs), including test reports, specifications, declarations, and supporting technical records, to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory traceability.
• Support regulatory and certification audits and monitor production compliance to ensure certified products, materials, components, and manufacturing processes remain consistent with approved specifications and certification requirements.
• Coordinate with certification agencies, third-party laboratories, vendors, and suppliers to manage testing schedules, technical requirements, documentation, issue resolution, and certification deliverables to support timely product approval.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Material Science.

Experience:

• 2-3 years of Hands-on Compliance Testing & Debugging Experience
• 2+ years of Regulatory Frameworks & Global Standards Interpretation
• 1+ years of Cross-Functional Project & Lab Management
• 1+ years of Factory Audit Preparation & Quality Management Systems

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

Frequently works in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments, requiring computer use, technical document review, product inspection, and regular movement between work areas. The role may involve occasional handling of test equipment or product samples and exposure to operating equipment, elevated noise levels, and other laboratory or production conditions; appropriate PPE may be required.

EEOC Statement

Foxconn is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Foxconn prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetics, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal law. In addition to federal law requirements, Foxconn complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.