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This role will own compliance strategy from concept through certification, ensuring products meet global regulatory, safety, EMC, grid interconnection, environmental, and market access requirements while supporting rapid product development.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCompliance Strategy\nOwn global compliance strategy throughout the product lifecycle.\nDevelop certification roadmaps and regulatory plans.\nIdentify applicable standards for North America and international markets.\nSupport design teams to achieve compliance by design.\nSafety Engineering\nLead product safety evaluations.\nReview insulation coordination, creepage and clearance, electrical spacing, grounding, touch current, abnormal testing and fault analysis.\nSupport safety risk assessments.\nCertification Programs\nManage certification activities with UL, CSA, TÜV and other NRTLs.\nCoordinate witness testing and certification schedules.\nReview certification reports and resolve non-conformances.\nEMC & Environmental Compliance\nDevelop EMC qualification plans.\nSupport IEC 61000 immunity and emissions testing.\nCoordinate environmental qualification including IEC 60068 testing.\nGrid Compliance\nSupport IEEE 1547, UL 1741 SB, IEEE 1547.1 and utility interconnection requirements.\nReview inverter control functions including ride-through, Volt-VAR, Volt-Watt, Frequency-Watt and anti-islanding.\nStandards Leadership\nInterpret new and evolving standards.\nProvide guidance to engineering teams.\nMaintain corporate compliance matrix.\nDocumentation\nPrepare certification documentation, technical construction files, risk assessments and compliance reports.\nReview drawings, BOMs and design changes for regulatory impact.\nCross Functional Leadership\nPartner with Hardware, Firmware, Systems, Reliability, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Product Management.\nSupport customer audits and regulatory agency interactions.\n\nThe Skills You Bring:\nBS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.\n8+ years of product compliance or certification engineering experience.\nExperience working directly with UL, CSA, TÜV or equivalent certification bodies.\nStrong understanding of renewable energy products and power electronics.\nExcellent technical writing and communication skills.\nNice to Have:\nExperience with utility-scale solar and BESS.\nKnowledge of grid codes and interconnection requirements.\nExperience leading certification projects from concept through production.\nExperience with risk analysis and functional safety.\nAbout the Tech Stack \nUL 1741, UL 1741 SA/SB, UL 62109, UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1998, UL 1699B.\nIEEE 1547, IEEE 1547.1, IEEE 2800.\nIEC 62109, IEC 62477, IEC 61000, IEC 60068, IEC 60990.\nNFPA 70, NEC Article 690 and 706.\nCE, UKCA, FCC, RoHS, REACH, WEEE.\nBenefits and Perks:\nCompetitive Compensation Package\nHealth Insurance: We offer 100% coverage of employee premiums under a Gold-level PPO plan. Dental & Vision Insurance: 50% of employee premiums are covered.\nRetirement Plan: A 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match.\nAdditional Information:\nMinimum salary of $210,000 to maximum salary of $265,000 + equity + benefits.\nThe range provided is 1AP’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. Consult with your Recruiter during the initial call to determine a more targeted range based on these job-related factors.\nAbout 1st Avenue Power:\nAt 1st Avenue Power, we are on a mission to deliver simple, fast-to-deploy, customer-centric and intelligent power systems leveraging the abundance of solar to provide inexpensive and reliable clean energy to global customers from data centers to energy starved communities around the world. We envision a future where every community, business, and nation thrives on the limitless potential of clean energy, united in a shared commitment to a sustainable and equitable world.\nYou will be working with Dr. Tom Buttgenbach, one of the most successful clean energy technology innovators and entrepreneurs who has been a driving force in making solar-based energy solutions the cheapest and most reliable energy option. Tom founded and led Avantus (formerly known as “8minute Solar Energy“), to become one of the largest and most profitable solar and energy storage companies in the United States and the largest in California, including delivering over 17% of Los Angeles’ power. \nWhen Tom sold his interest in Avantus’ development business to KKR in mid-2024, it had delivered over $1 billion in profit and secured over $10 Billion in power purchase agreements and project financings with a pipeline of over 30 GW of solar and 90 GWh of energy storage, capable of powering the homes of more than 20 million Americans day and night. \nTom’s family office investment firm, 1st Avenue Capital, is building teams for the next generation of advanced solar power system architecture and AI to aggressively drive down the cost of and equitable access to clean and reliable energy.[1] 1st Avenue’s advanced large scale power systems are addressing the increasing inadequacy of the grid to meet the massively growing power demands of the digital economy, while its intelligent distributed solar utilities are leapfrogging the grid to provide equitable access to inexpensive, clean and reliable power to underserved communities around the world.\n1AI Energy, the employing entity for 1st Avenue Power, and 1st Avenue Power are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race (inclusive of traits associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding), age, veteran or military status, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, reproductive decision-making, or any other legally recognized protected class under federal, state, or local law. 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