Job SummaryOur cameras live outdoors year-round - strapped to trees, bolted to feeders, exposed to heat, cold, rain, and years of use - and our users trust them to work every time. The Senior Reliability & Compliance Engineer owns the promise behind that trust: making sure every product survives the field and carries every certification it needs before it ships.
This is a dual-mandate role. On one side, you're building and running the reliability test program - defining test plans, setting acceptance criteria, and driving root cause analysis when something fails. On the other, you own the full certification lifecycle - from mapping what's required for a product, to managing test labs and carrier relationships, to certificate in hand. You'll work directly with ODM/JDM partners, external test labs, carriers, and regulatory bodies, and you'll be the person the Program Manager and engineering leadership count on for a clear, honest picture of where every test and certification stands.
Job ResponsibilitiesReliability Engineering & Testing- Build reliability test plans covering environmental, mechanical, electrical, and operational stress - temperature cycling, humidity, vibration, drop, ingress protection, HALT/HASS, and long-duration endurance testing.
- Set reliability requirements and pass/fail acceptance criteria at the start of each program, and carry them through Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production.
- Own the ODM/JDM relationship for test execution - turn test plans into work packages, give the test team technical direction, and hold them to protocol without deviation.
- Lead root cause investigation on test failures and field escapes, and work with mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering to close the gap before launch, verifying every fix through re-test.
- Maintain a reliability risk register tracking open failure modes, corrective action status, and residual risk through every phase of development.
- Build and maintain reliability models and failure rate estimates, and track field reliability data after launch to catch systemic trends before they show up in the next generation.
Regulatory & Certification Strategy- Maintain a complete certification requirement matrix for every product - carrier certifications (AT&T, FirstNet, T-Mobile, Verizon, PTCRB, GCF), government and regulatory approvals (FCC Part 15/22/24/27, IC Canada, CE/RED, RoHS, REACH, PFAS, WEEE, UL/IEC safety standards), and channel partner requirements (retailer qualification programs, private label and co-branding obligations).
- Build a certification execution plan for each product: what's required, who reviews it, what the submission package needs, lead time, cost, and target completion date.
- Own the relationships that feed this work - carrier partner contacts, regulatory bodies, test labs, and channel partner program managers - and stay ahead of changing requirements.
- Run pre-certification testing (pre-scan EMC, SAR, carrier protocol conformance) to catch problems before they hit a formal lab submission.
- Prepare and coordinate certification submission packages, technical files, test reports, labeling artwork, and regulatory declarations.
Job Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) or other regulatory compliance credentials are a plus.
- 7+ years of reliability and/or compliance engineering experience in consumer electronics, IoT, or outdoor/field-deployed hardware.
- Hands-on experience developing reliability test plans and running HALT, HASS, accelerated life testing, drop/shock, IP testing, and thermal/humidity cycling.
- Direct experience obtaining FCC certifications (Part 15, 22/24/27) and familiarity with the TCB submission process.
- Hands-on experience with PTCRB and/or GCF certification for cellular devices, including module vs. device-level certification dependencies.
- Familiarity with carrier device approval programs for at least one major US carrier (AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon).
- Working knowledge of CE/RED, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, IC Canada, and other international regulatory requirements for connected devices sold in North America and Europe.
- Experience managing external test labs and certification bodies - scope negotiation, scheduling, and results review.
- Experience managing channel partner compliance requirements, including retailer qualification programs and private label obligations.
- Strong understanding of relevant standards: IEC 60068, IEC 62368, IEC 60529 (IP ratings), MIL-STD-810, JEDEC.
- Comfortable reading schematics, mechanical drawings, and test reports, and translating standards into product specs and test criteria.
- Experience building and maintaining project tracking dashboards (Excel, Power BI, Smartsheet, Notion, Airtable, or similar) with a focus on milestone visibility and lead-time risk.
- Strong organizational and communication skills - you can run multiple certification tracks at once and give a Program Manager clean, reliable data without being asked twice.
Bonus Points- Experience with LTE-M or NB-IoT device certifications and carrier IoT-specific approval tracks.
- Familiarity with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (FCC Part 15B/E), and multi-radio certification.
- Battery safety experience (IEC 62133, UN 38.3) for battery-powered devices.
- Background in camera, trail camera, or outdoor/ruggedized consumer electronics.
- Exposure to CTIA or similar industry qualification programs.
- Experience with reliability data analysis and failure rate modeling (Weibull or similar).
- Familiarity with Amazon, Walmart, or other major retailer compliance programs (Amazon Device Certification, Walmart PEARL).
- Experience with PLM or document management systems for certification records across product revisions.
- Familiarity with APAC-based ODM/JDM partner management.
Essential Job FunctionWhat Success Looks LikeIn your first 90 days, you'll have:
- Built a complete certification requirement matrix for the current product roadmap - every carrier, regulatory, and channel partner obligation with a required-by date.
- Set a reliability test plan for the current development build and gotten the ODM on a test execution schedule.
- Stood up a working compliance and reliability dashboard that the Program Manager and engineering leadership actually use.
- Flagged any certification lead-time risk on the current program, with the schedule impact spelled out.
We build products people rely on before sunrise, in the woods, on the fence line - and trust to work when it counts. If you want to own a function that directly protects that trust, and you like being the person with the clearest picture in the room, we'd love to hear from you.
