Senior Product Safety Engineer, Renewable Energy

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations.

The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

Position Summary

The Senior Product Safety Engineer, Renewable Energy is an experienced, plug-and-play impact player who provides engineering expertise to evaluate conformance of inverters, battery energy storage systems, EV equipment and other power generation equipment to industry standards, creates evaluation reports and test plans, and conducts and/or witnesses testing with minimal ramp-up, including extensive on-site work at customer facilities. This role also supports cross training of Product Safety Engineers, Renewable Energy on core testing disciplines, and cross trains on core product safety testing as needed to support the broader program during ramp up.

Listed examples are illustrative and representative of the tasks required of this position and are not intended to be complete or exclusive.

Employee Standards

• Support department objectives and company goals.
• Be a team player.
• Sustain a positive, enthusiastic and professional attitude.
• Accommodate requests with a can do, let me see what I can do attitude.
• Adhere to manager directives.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Arrive on time, properly dressed and prepared to work.
• Perform all duties in a timely, accurate, honest and professional manner.
• Communicate with customers professionally and in accordance with customer service standards, while maintaining confidentiality.
• Be receptive to and accepting of guidance from others.
• Ability to deal with difficult people and problems.
• Ability to multi task and prioritize assignments.
• Travel as needed, up to 50%. Much of this role's testing takes place on site at customer locations or as part of data acceptance program audits, travel is a core part of the job, not an occasional exception.

Tasks/Responsibilities

• Independently conduct evaluations of equipment to determine compliance with applicable standards.
• Plan, coordinate and execute project work and keep the client informed.
• Read and understand schematics and manufacturing instructions.
• Validate project scope and sample applicability.
• Identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing within the scope of the project.
• Set up and operate the equipment under test (EUT).
• Conduct thorough construction review and document results.
• Develop and set up test plans; follow established test plans.
• Perform testing of products in accordance with standards. Core tests include, but are not limited to, rating, leakage current, dielectric, temperature, pressure, stability and rain testing.
• Perform utility interactive testing such as response to abnormal voltage, response to abnormal frequency, unintentional islanding, harmonic distortion and interconnection integrity.
• Supply information…