Principal Engineer, Product Compliance
At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream-we’re making it reality.
For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.
At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
We are looking for Principal Engineer, Product Compliance to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This position will have responsibility for helping Bloom Energy successfully maintain and obtain Agency certifications. This role will report to Director, Development Engineering and is based in San Jose, CA.
This is a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.
Additional Note: This position will have responsibility for helping Bloom Energy successfully maintain and obtain Agency certifications.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Specifying certification requirements for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems, both domestic and international.
- Specifying certification requirements of electrical and mechanical components for SOFC fuel cell systems, both domestic and international.
- Coordinating agency compliance projects for ANSI/CSA FC1, UL 1741, IEC 62282 series and/or other relevant requirements for the solid oxide fuel cells both domestic and international.
- Coordinating agency compliance projects for other Bloom Energy owned Agency projects, both domestic and international.
- Work with Applications Engineering on compliance issues related to installations, both domestic and international.
- Work with domestic and international utilities, inspection authorities, and other government agencies to negotiate market acceptance of Bloom Energy products.
- Prepare documentation for Agency engineering projects.
- Maintain a library of technical decisions between Bloom Energy and Agency.
- Work jointly with supply chain personnel to ensure sourced components complete agency certifications
- Work jointly with engineering staff to ensure that items related to compliance are driven to closure on-time
- Coordinate UL Field Evaluations
- Train regional Contract Manufacturers on UL Follow Up Services (FUS) requirements, and if necessary, conduct root cause analysis of Variation Notice, implement corrective actions and implement preventative action processes.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally on a regular basis
Education, Skills and Experience:
- 10+ years of compliance engineering experience
- Technical Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
- Excellent ability to work on many items in parallel
- Excellent complex project management experience
- Excellent ability to track action items and drive to closure
- Engineering Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Prior working experience with or at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)
- Prior working experience with or at a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)
- Prior working experience with or at an international certification agency
- Prior working experience with fuel cell equipment product safety engineering
- Prior working experience with hazardous location equipment product safety engineering
Bloom Energy is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We are committed to compliance with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants, will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Bloom Energy makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee
with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions, unless undue hardship would result.
Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.
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