Senior Staff Engineer - Medical and General Safety
SGS North America Inc.

Company Description

SGS is the global leader and innovator in inspection, verification, testing and certification services. Founded in 1878, SGS is recognized as the global benchmark in quality and integrity. With over 97,000 employees in 130 countries and operating a network of more than 2,400 offices and laboratories, we provide services to almost every industry by assuring quality and safety of products and services.

Trusted all over the world, SGS is a market leader because we put 100% passion, pride and innovation into everything we do. We encourage new ideas. We welcome people who challenge the way we do things. And we will be 100% committed to helping you reach your full potential.

Penumbra Security, Inc. (Penumbra) is a subsidiary of SGS North America. Penumbra is a Cryptographic Security Testing Laboratory (CSTL) accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP Laboratory Code 200983-0) under the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Located in Clackamas, Oregon, Penumbra specializes in various types of Information Security conformance testing and regulatory compliance.

Job Description

Job Summary

This position is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations for General Safety Team and Medical Safety Team; for recommending and managing scope expansions; and for assessing and developing local training. This position is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods, and interpretations of applicable certifications standards under various schemes such as NRTL, CE Marking Directive, IECEE CB schemes, and similar.

Scope of Work

• Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
• Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
• Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
• Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
• Represent SGS North America Inc. on technical committees, code panels and/or associations.
• Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints. Audit and qualify sites for special SGS North America Inc. programs.
• Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits.
• Provide on-going support to clients as needed.
• Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
• Mentor less senior technical staff.
• Perform other work as required.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, E.E or Mech E. highly preferred
• 10+ years directly related experience.
• Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and international product safety standards, i.e., ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC.
• Advanced understanding of UL/CSA/IEC 60335, 62368, 60601, and 61010 series of standards.
• Certification Reviewer qualification under ISO 17065 for regulations standard guidelines in one or more schemes.
• Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
• Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats in English and Mandarin / Cantonese.
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel 25%