Regulatory & Compliance Engineer - Robotics - Wavre

Our client is a Belgian company - member of a Japanese Corporation – located in Wavre North. It’s the world leader in commercial-scale automatic lawn mowers for large areas. The company designs, manufactures and sells robot mowers for turf areas up to 20.000m² and automatic ball pickers to collect golf balls on practices.

The robots are currently used across Europe to maintain sports facilities (football, rugby, golf courses), private gardens and large open spaces.

The Japanese Corporation is a global company with major markets in Japan and the Americas and a growing business presence in Europe, Asia and other countries.

In order to strengthen their command of regulatory matters applicable to their robotic products and applications, and to make certification of products across the world a core skill of their company, our client is looking for an enthusiast Robotics Regulatory & Compliance Engineer speaking English and French.

• Developing an expertise in regulation, norms and standards relevant to robotic mowing, flailing, collecting equipment being used around homes, in commercial and industrial environments in European Union (EU), North America (NA), Japan and in selected countries such as South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China. Norms and standards include
  • In general: safety standards of turf care equipment, functional safety standards, requirements and recommendations, IEC standards, etc. As functional safety is concerned, you develop a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach and contribute to building the required expertise in our engineering department;
  • EU: Machine Directive, Radio Equipment Directive, Low Voltage Directive and all applicable Directives and Standards such as for robotic mowers around homes;
  • NA: FCC, DoE, future robotic mowers and charge station standard(s), UL and GSM carrier compliance standards;
  • Japan: PSE, applicable telecom standards, GSM carrier compliance requirements.

• Leading the collection of company’s distributing countries regulations and standards to achieve the compliance with products and applications as a member of the Global Compliance team.
• Understanding the scope of future products and applications to identify applicable norms and standards – obligatory and voluntary – and the approach to building the Technical File to support certification. With the engineering team in charge of product design, providing the regulatory requirements, validating the elected engineering solutions through appropriate consultations with regulatory or certification experts, and supporting our engineering team in the development and test processes. Taking a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach so as to ease the implementation of required functionalities. Building the Technical File.
• Leading all certifications processes of our products and applications, starting with preliminary tests when needed. Developing tight-knit relationships with experts and notified bodies. Infusing the certification expertise in our engineering team.
• Maintaining and updating Technical Files of all products, including for new SW functionalities and electro-mechanical changes.

• You have a Master degree in Engineering : Civil Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Telecommunications, Mechatronics, Robotics or related
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in similar position.
• You are proficient in English and can work in French (or ready to improve French very quickly).
• You have the experience to work at system engineering level.
• You have analytical skills and you have clear insight into engineering processes, especially in system engineering and in software development processes.
• You can think and work both on conceptual and details levels.
• You have a pragmatic approach and you are solution oriented. You are strong in devising the appropriate method to find effective solutions for regulatory issues. You have a healthy dose of persuasion.
• You are able to build up and maintain broad internal and external networks of contacts to guarantee efficient cooperation and access to key resources and expertise.
• You can inform and provide feedback in a clear way.
• You can be proactive, take the initiative and manage simple projects.
• Experience in Mechatronics (robotics, analog and digital circuitry, automotive, medical equipment or devices, railway, etc.) is an advantage.

• A full time permanent employment contract
• A competitive salary package and fringe benefits.
• An open, nice and innovative working atmosphere with colleagues working at a high level of expertise, striving altogether to achieve ambitious objectives.
• You will work at the HQ, which is located in Wavre, 25 km south east of Brussels in a truly international environment.