SUMMARY
The Product Integrity Engineer is responsible fsafeguarding Kids2s brreputation legal compliance by ensuring all products meet exceed safety, reliability, quality standards. This role serves as the product safety compliance expert fassigned product categories, overseeing the entire product lifecycle from concept through market surveillance.
In this position, you will apply rigorous engineering principles, industry safety standards (ASTM, CPSC, ISO, EN), consumer expectations to drive design decisions validate product performance.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
DESIGN REVIEW & PRODUCT VALIDATION
Conduct formal design reviews at key stage gates (concept, design freeze, pre-production, production)
comprehensive design review reports including hazard analysis, compliance assessment, risk mitigation strategies
Perform coordinate design validation testing (mechanical, material, durability, safety)
Document all design changes maintain version control of safety-critical specifications
Validate that prototype samples meet all approved safety performance specifications before production release
Success Metrics: 100% of products reviewed approved prito production; zero safety-related design issues discovered post-launch; on-time completion of design review reports
STANDARDS KNOWLEDGE & COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT
Develop maintain expertise in applicable safety standards fassigned product categories (e.g., ASTM F406, F2050, F2451; CPSC regulations; ISO 8124; EN standards)
Monittrack changes to global safety regulations industry standards
Communicate updated requirements to cross-functional stakeholders.
Ensure all Kids2 products comply with US, EU, other global regulatory requirements
RISK ASSESSMENT & HAZARD ANALYSIS
Perform comprehensive hazard analysis on all new modified products.
Develop document risk mitigation strategies, including design changes, manufacturing controls, consumer warnings
Ensure residual risks are acceptable documented
Maintain risk documentation fregulatory liability defense purposes
LABELING, PACKAGING & INSTRUCTIONS REVIEW
Review approve all product packaging, labeling, warnings, instructional materials
Ensure warnings are clear, conspicuous, aligned with identified hazards
Verify compliance with regulatory label requirements.
Communicate labeling changes to cross-functional teams.
CONSUMER COMPLAINT & RETURN ANALYSIS
Partner with Quality Engineering Consumer Services teams to investigate safety-related complaints, returns, injuries
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION
Partner with Global Design Engineering teams to integrate safety requirements early in design
Support Quality Engineering on complaint investigation
Support Engineering teams during product launch.
Collaborate with Product Compliance team on global requirement interpretation documentation.
Engage with Marketing on claims validation consumer communication about safety features
Interface with SeniLeadership on safety strategy, risk mitigation, regulatory matters
VEND& TESTING LAB ENGAGEMENT
Work with the Product Compliance team third-party testing labs to establish testing requirements, seek interpretations identify requirements.
Travel to supplier facilities (when needed) to support product development engineering.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
Bachelors degree (BS) in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Civil Engineering, equivalent discipline.
EXPERIENCE
Minimum 3 years of professional experience in product design, quality engineering, product safety, reliability engineering.
Demonstrated ability to apply engineering principles to real-world product safety problems
CORE COMPETENCIES
Technical Communication: Ability to explain complex safety engineering concepts to non-technical audiences (Marketing, Sales, Leadership)
Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, meet deadlines, prioritize competing demands
Attention to Detail: Meticulous documentation habits; ability to catch errors omissions in designs, specifications, test data
Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, develop practical solutions
Independence & Initiative: Can work autonomously; identifies problems before they escalate
Teamwork & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills; ability to influence without direct authority; builds productive relationships across departments.
Fluent in written/spoken English.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk hear.
The team member frequently is required to sit; have flexible use of hands; reach with hands arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl.
The team members are occasionally required to stand, walk, taste smell.
The team members must regularly lift and/move up to 10 pounds occasionally lift and/move up to 25 - 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, colvision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus.
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