Compliance Engineer
US$160,000 – US$220,000 / yr base salary
Posted 24 Feb 2026
Advertised as “Staff/Senior Staff Compliance Engineer”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 7+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$160,000 – US$220,000 / yr |
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Field of studyElectrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (or related)
Study levelMaster's
What to Expect
Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.
Our first focus goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.
We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.
Job Overview
As a Staff/Senior Staff Compliance Engineer, you will drive and manage the full product safety and compliance lifecycle across our product portfolio. This role is responsible for leading compliance strategy from early engagement in codes and standards development through certification, market launch, and ongoing sustaining improvements. You will lead the responsibility for identifying all regulatory and technical hurdles Heron’s products must clear on the path to global market. Then, in collaboration with the design engineering team, will demonstrate Heron's products meet or exceed all requirements, achieve all certifications, and successfully enter target markets.
How You Will Contribute
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Research, interpret, and apply compliance from UL, IEC, IEEE, NEC, ISO, and other regulatory bodies to inform Heron’slink path to successful listing for each product and new market entry.
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Partner with leads from engineering, product and manufacturing across the product lifecycle to embed compliance into product architecture and design, bringing first-principles-informed, can-do creativity.
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Develop and execute compliance test plans, including identifying/building test infrastructure and resources.
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Debug failures and drive design solutions in collaboration with engineering design teams
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Establish and manage high-performance partnerships with NRTLs to achieve timely certification.
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Define and maintain client test data acceptance programs with NRTLs to accelerate compliance program execution.