Compliance Specialist

Laser and Radiation Safety Team Support

Payrate: $80.00 - $85.00/hr. The position involves supporting the laser and radiation safety team through various tasks such as lab inspections, evaluating equipment purchase requirements, and reviewing R&D experiments. The role ensures appropriate area controls for employees working with lasers and radiation sources and supports the radiation safety program by implementing business unit plans, performing X-ray leakage surveys, and auditing training and procedures. The candidate must thrive in a dynamic environment and work closely with cross-functional teams in research and product development.

Responsibilities:

• Audit labs for radiation and laser safety compliance.
• Analyze safety hazards and assist in creating requirement specifications for hardware containing hazardous elements such as lasers, LEDs, and X-ray.
• Understand and implement laser and optical safety standards such as FLPPS, ANSI Z1236-1, IEC 60825, and IEC 62471.
• Create, review, and approve laser and optical hazard-related SOPs.
• Review and approve work by outside laser service technicians.
• Assist in identifying and developing corrective actions and communicating to stakeholders.
• Conduct power, spectral, and temporal measurements for Laser and LED sources.
• Implement safety protocols as required by CDPH in California for X-ray generators.
• Perform testing to simulate faults and validate design and optical safety of equipment.
• Communicate and work effectively with all levels of staff.
• Adapt and innovate to help staff establish procedures to ensure compliance with radiation and laser safety programs.
• Cover labs in Sunnyvale, Burlingame, Fremont, and other locations as necessary, such as Redmond, WA.
• Support additional EHS programs as needed, including LOTO, lab safety, chemical safety, electrical safety, machine guarding, etc., especially in cross-functional research and product environments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Physics, Optical Sciences or Engineering, Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics, or a related discipline (or direct experience as a Laser Safety Officer (LSO) or Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) in lieu of degree).
• At least 5 years of experience as a laser safety officer (LSO) required.
• Experience in safety investigations during the development process or failure analysis.
• Familiarity with multiple types of radiation sources, including X-ray generating machines, lasers, and LEDs.
• Experience in a technical/engineering role focused on field testing, failure analysis, reliability, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with ANSI Z136.1 - The American National Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers.
• Self-motivated, proactive, multi-tasking with creative and critical thinking capabilities.
• Outstanding communication, report writing, and presentation skills.

Skills:

• Experience working as an LSO / RSO.
• Experience working in a hardware research or production environment.
• Ability to influence teams indirectly through timely, accurate, and powerful analysis.
• Experience in safety work associated with lasers and LEDs and experience with IEC 60825, IEC 62471, and ANSI Z136.1 compliance.
• Proficiency with FDA/CDRH FLPPS and IEC 60825-1, IEC 62471-1.
• Expertise with federal reporting requirements - import/export, initial and model change reports, and annual reporting.
• Firm understanding of performing laser calculations (MPE, NOHD, NHZ) for various laser types and configurations.
• Conducting FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Assist in developing methods for Laser / Optical safety analysis using in-house equipment to reduce cost and improve turnaround time of testing and investigation.
• Experience with RF/EMF safety (FCC and IEEE C95.1) and Ultrasound safety is a plus.

Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $80.00 - $85.00/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.