Software Compliance Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) is seeking a Software Compliance Engineer (contract) to serve as a key technical advisor on the legal team to ensure that product and engineering development, systems, and processes are compliant with applicable regulatory and industry standards for a global automotive company. 

This role is ideal for an engineer with a desire to collaborate with legal and engineering teams to identify and prevent compliance risks, to monitor changes in standards and applicable regulations, and to drive continuous improvement to maintain conformity and reduce risk.  

Furthermore, this role is ideal for an engineer with a desire to focus on the emerging regulatory landscape for automotive technologies.  The successful candidate is a business-savvy advisor who translates complex regulatory requirements into practical, actionable guidance for legal, engineering, and executive stakeholders. 

This is a contractor position with an expected duration of six (6) months, with the possibility of extension.

Hybrid (2-3 days in office) if candidate is located within commuting distance of our offices in Ann Arbor, MI; Atlanta, GA; or San Jose, CA. Otherwise, U.S. remote. Relocation assistance is not available.  This role may require occasional travel for team meetings and business needs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as the key technical liaison between the legal team and engineering organizations to ensure alignment with U.S. and global regulations across trade (e.g., export compliance) and new/emerging technologies (e.g., AI, ADS/ADAS, data). 
• Identify and resolve compliance topics in product and engineering design.  
• Research and identify applicable regulatory and industry compliance regulations and standards.
• Develop MBRDNA’s compliance processes by translating compliance requirements into scalable, automated, and engineer-friendly solutions.  
• Prepare commodity classifications by collaborating with software development and engineering teams to understand functionality for accurate classification.  
• Support organizational trainings on relevant regulations.
• Identify, analyze, and prioritize compliance-based risks, communicating potential impacts to company leadership.
• Perform technical analyses to support regulatory submissions.
• Act as a bridge between Legal, Engineering, Procurement, HR, IT, and other stakeholders to identify and mitigate compliance-based risks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience working in the tech industry, with the majority of experience in managing technical compliance topics, with emphasis on software compliance topics.