IT Regulatory Compliance Engineer

We are looking for an IT Regulatory Compliance Engineer to support product compliance efforts for manufacturing operations in San Antonio, Texas. This role focuses on helping products satisfy applicable safety, sanitation, and regulatory standards across target markets while maintaining accurate certification records and technical documentation. The position works closely with engineering, suppliers, testing organizations, and internal stakeholders to manage approvals, assess risk, and support ongoing compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:
• Guide product compliance activities to confirm equipment aligns with applicable safety, emissions, immunity, and market-specific regulatory standards before release.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation packages required for third-party approvals, certifications, and regulatory submissions.
• Manage ongoing certification status as product designs evolve, including updates tied to new features, displays, connectivity capabilities, or configuration changes.
• Oversee food safety and hygienic design compliance for applicable products by maintaining required records, supporting certifications, and addressing material and market-specific standards.
• Perform compliance and hazard assessments, recommend mitigation actions, and help implement controls that reduce regulatory and product-related risk.
• Coordinate testing schedules with external laboratories and regulatory agencies while communicating technical requirements to engineering and other internal teams.
• Partner with suppliers and manufacturing partners to verify supporting certification evidence and confirm materials, components, and processes meet required standards.
• Review engineering changes, deviations, and related documentation to ensure regulatory obligations are addressed in product updates and change control workflows.
• Support internal and external audits, respond to findings, monitor renewal timelines, and provide regulatory information to agencies and customers as needed.
• Contribute to compliance training, continuous improvement initiatives, and best-practice adoption that strengthen manufacturing quality and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in regulatory compliance, product safety, quality, or a related engineering environment.
• Working knowledge of regulatory frameworks, internal controls, and industry standards relevant to product compliance and risk management.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, supporting regulatory audits, and managing documentation for certifications or approvals.
• Familiarity with engineering change processes, including review of design revisions, change orders, and controlled deviations.
• Strong analytical judgment, problem-solving ability, and report-writing skills in a regulated manufacturing setting.
• Proficiency with compliance management systems, documentation tools, and standards-based quality frameworks such as ISO environments.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills; Spanish language ability is a plus.

Compensation

$100,000.00-$120,000.00 Yearly

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