Principal Product Compliance Engineer

As a PRINCIPAL PRODUCT COMPLIANCE ENGINEER at MKS Instruments, you will partner with cross-functional technical teams and external compliance testing facilities to drive regulatory product compliance and support sustainability initiatives for multiple product lines and technologies. In this role, you will report to the Director Operations, Compliance.

• Assume compliance responsibility for all products within the Plasma and Reactive Gas business unit nationally and internationally.
• Work closely with engineering and cross-functional product teams to ensure all NPI (New Product Introduction) and legacy products adhere to required regulatory compliance standards.
• Partner with engineering to ensure technical approaches, documentation, concepts and solutions are implemented according to MKS specification and requirements.
• Directs and conducts internal compliance testing, leading efforts to solve engineering safety issues resulting in compliance testing.
• Ensures product designs meet applicable regulation requirements including certification, ongoing testing and processing requirements.
• Maintains regulatory approvals and resolves compliance issues with design and manufacturing engineering.
• Coordinates design requirement review with appropriate engineering personnel to ensure compatibility of processing methods.

• B.S. or M.S. degree in a related field (EE preferred) with 7+ years of experience with a focus on product compliance testing.
• Experienced with LVD, EMC/EMI directives, and harmonized standards (61010-1, 61326-1, Semi S2, etc.).
• Working knowledge of global regulations (FCC, CE, KC, UL, RoHS, REACH, CA65, EPA TSCA, WEEE, China RoHS, PFAS, and others) across multiple industries (commercial and industrial products).

• (Optional) Comfortable in environments that depend on influence to drive outcomes.
• Excels in tackling complex problems and synthesizing them into actionable solutions.
• Knowledgeable with hands‑on troubleshooting and test experience (Power Electronics, LVD, EMC/EMI).
• Easily handles project multitasking with timelines.
• Able to travel approximately 20% annually as needed to support regulatory product compliance testing and audits.

• Able to travel approximately 20% annually as needed to support regulatory product compliance testing and audits.

Salary Pay Range: $ -  per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.

Bonus:
This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, in an amount to be determined by MKS [or as applicable].

• health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision)
• 401(k) with company match
• life and disability insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• sick time
• 15 paid vacation days
• [6 weeks fully paid] parental leave
• adoption assistance
• tuition reimbursement [and for participation in any stock programs, signing bonus, etc.

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants for these positions may need to be “U.S. persons.” “U.S. persons” are generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative…