Senior/Staff Safety Compliance Engineer

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.

Our first focus goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.

We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.

As a Senior/Staff Safety Compliance Engineer you are responsible for identifying all regulatory and technical hurdles Heron’s products must clear on the path to market. Then, in collaboration with the design engineering team, will demonstrate Heron's products meet or exceed all requirements, achieve all certifications, and successfully enter target markets..

• Research, interpret, and apply compliance from UL, IEC, ISO, and other regulatory bodies to inform Heron’s path to successful listing for each product and new market entry.

• Partner with engineering leads across the product lifecycle to embed compliance into product architecture and design, bringing first-principles-informed, can-do creativity

• Develop and execute compliance test plans, including identifying/building test infrastructure and resources.

• Debug failures and drive design solutions in collaboration with engineering design teams

• Establish and manage high-performance partnerships with NRTLs to achieve timely certification.

• Define and maintain client test data acceptance programs with NRTLs to accelerate compliance program execution.

• Proactively manage business risk by monitoring evolving standards, engaging with AHJs and utilities, and participating in standards development.

• Contribute to thought leadership through white papers, participation in utility hearings, and regional codes and standards activities.

We have a short list of must-have requirements. We prioritize candidates with a strong grip on first principles, hands-on skills, and initiative. 

• Undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent

• More than 5 years’ experience in regulatory and compliance certification for solar, wind, battery or other power electronics products

• Experience designing or testing medium-voltage systems (e.g., 5kV–35kV), including insulation coordination, clearance/creepage, and partial discharge considerations.

• Deep understanding and familiarity with relevant UL/IEC/EN, IEEE, and ISO standards and how they inform the design and certification process of grid-connected power electronics systems

• Experience with manufacturing processes and material selection for high-power assemblies (e.g., busbars, potting, conformal coating, HV connectors).

• Experience developing DFMEA, PFMEA, FTA and HARA for complex hardware design and manufacturing environment

• Experience participating in product-relevant standards committees

• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, relying on your first principles engineering experience to identify creative solutions to hard problems.

• Capability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive under pressure, owning assignments and taking full accountability

• Effective communicator and negotiator with excellent attention to detail.

• Hands on experience designing and operating test equipment and data acquisition systems, such as oscilloscopes, power and spectrum analyzers, data loggers, etc.

• Familiarity with grid-tied hardware such as medium-voltage converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, or protective relays.

• Development experience of cybersecurity and communication program for utility connected equipment

• Integrating functional safety requirements and procedures into Software and Firmware development processes

• Hands-on experience with test automation using Python, LabVIEW, or embedded scripting for power hardware validation.

• Working experience with UL1741, IEC 62109-1, IEC 62477, UL 9540, UL 1998, UL 840, UL 2891, UL5500

If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.