HW Regulatory Compliance Engineer

Job description

Description
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics.

Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products.

Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo.

What will you help us create?

As a Compliance Engineer, you will be experienced in Radio Frequency (RF) and ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and product certification processes.

You will have familiarity with North American and Global standards and compliance requirements.

You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative wireless products.

You will work closely with internal interdisciplinary teams to drive key aspects of compliance requirement, design analysis, and compliance test.

You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed in an open collaborative peer environment.

You will contribute to org strategies that address evolving global wireless spectrum standards and requirements.

Your role will include solving ambitious and complex compliance challenges through research, engagement with regulatory agencies, hands-on testing, debugging, and validation activities.

You must be analytical, able to work effectively across multiple teams and have a strong ability to navigate the global regulatory compliance schemes to enable market access of consumer electronic products.

Additionally you must excel at communicating complex regulatory matters to design teams, driving compliant designs from early development phases, and make sound technical decisions that balance innovation with compliance requirements.

Key job responsibilities

- In this role, you will work closely with the product management team and design team by researching and specifying regulatory and industry compliance requirements.
- You will plan and direct compliance testing of hardware platforms, devices, and accessories with external 3rd party test labs.
- You will support the design team through product execution, and ensure we meet all applicable regulatory compliance requirements.
- When necessary, you will perform detailed, and independent research and literature reviews to yield actionable conclusions to ambiguous regulatory compliance issues.
- You will be responsible for delivering concise and informative compliance updates to leadership.
- You will also work with our manufacturing partners, labs to test and ensure all in-production devices remain compliant with all certifications.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in RF/Microwave Design, Electromagnetics, Antenna, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience in wireless regulatory compliance, testing, and certifications.
- 3+ years of experience with wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, GPS, WWAN (GSM/WCDMA/LTE/5G), and etc.
- 1+ years of experience with launching mass produced consumer electronics.
- 1+ years of experience in wireless router certification and homologations for international countries
Preferred Qualifications
- Master'sor PHD degree in RF Design, Microwave Design,and/or Electromagnetics
- Experience on 6GHz routers and/or AFC system development
- Experience obtaining various industry certifications (e.g., BT SIG, WFA, etc.).
- Experience with standards development, industry advocacy groups, and regulatory committees.
- Experience on RF architecture design
- Experience on RFIC and/or RFFE chipset design
- Strong leadership skills in driving certification labs, effectively prioritizing testing plans and achieving deadlines
- Experience in test setup with signal generator, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, call box, semi-anechoic chambers,OTA chamber ,and etcs.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to think strategically and develop solutions quickly and effectively.
- Organizational and project/program management skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $105,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

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This position will remain posted until filled.

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