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full time Compliance Engineer

at Angstrom Power Inc. in North Vancouver

Position: Compliance Engineer
Company: Angstrom Power Inc.
Date Posted: August 18, 2008
City: North Vancouver

Job Description:

Angstrom Power Inc. (www.angstrompower.com) is the leading developer of Micro Hydrogen™ fuel cell systems for application in portable electronics. Founded in 2001, Angstrom is located in North Vancouver British Columbia. We offer a great team-based work environment and a unique opportunity to work in the exciting up-and-coming field of alternative energy, with leading edge technology.

The Compliance Engineer will be responsible for ensuring and maintaining product compliance with regulatory requirements for product safety and will work with design teams to provide guidance, evaluate designs and test for compliance. The Compliance Engineer will lead the ongoing development of international regulations and standards as required to commercialize Micro Hydrogen™ technology on a global scale and will work with regulatory agencies and their standards to obtain and maintain certifications. This function extends to all aspects of Angstrom product technology including on-board fuel cell power sources for portable applications, portable refueling devices and larger scale infrastructure technologies for device refueling.

Responsibilities
- Plan and manage all compliance tasks for Angstrom’s products
- Evaluate product designs to ensure compliance in the final design:
- Provide interpretations of requirements to design teams
- Provide ongoing feedback and data to design teams
- Write and maintain the reports required to document regulatory compliance
- Work with certification bodies, regulatory agencies and 3rd party test laboratories for the purposes of:
- Obtaining testing and evaluation services
- Obtaining and maintaining product approvals
- Obtaining interpretations of requirements
- Perform as a cross-functional team member to achieve the technical, schedule and budget objectives of the program
- Stay current with applicable skills and trends in regulatory compliance
- Participate in standard development committees relevant to Angstrom products, including ISO, IEC, and CGA
- Implements standards / regulatory roadmaps for new devices related to refueling and infrastructure
- Implements plans for compliance testing of Angstrom devices
- Provides general program management support

Qualifications
- Knowledge of hydrogen safety standards, codes and regulations
- Experience in safety and compliance testing, knowledge of current worldwide regulations, standards, and test methodology applicable to product safety, including dangerous goods regulations and international safety standards
- Good people skills, patience, skill and diplomacy to work productively in a highly politicized environment
- Hands-on skills - testing, troubleshooting, prototyping, etc.
- Detail oriented and thorough
- Willingness to travel
- Excellent oral and written communication, with emphasis on the ability to create quality technical reports, test reports, and test procedures
- Ability to work effectively with multi-disciplined design teams
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to multi-task and to adapt to changing priorities
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word & the internet)
- Engineering or other technical degree

Response Information:


Please submit resumes electronically by e-mail to careers@angstrompower.com. All applications MUST have "CMP-MPLOYR" in the subject line. Thank you for your interest, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

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