Spec, Test and Validation in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Detector Electronics LLC

Det-Tronics is a global technology leader in industrial life safety, delivering advanced flame and gas detection, automation control and hazard mitigation solutions that help save lives, protect valuable assets and safeguard critical operations. With more than 50 years of experience, we serve mission-critical environments across offshore and onshore energy, gas turbines, clean energy, and industrial and defense markets. Our engineering expertise, rigorously tested products and global service capabilities help customers address complex safety challenges in some of the world’s most demanding environments. At Det-Tronics, our work has a clear purpose: advancing life safety technology to protect people, preserve assets and support reliable operations around the world.

The Opportunity:

The Approvals Test Engineer that manages approvals projects by interfacing with various agencies to obtain product certification to safety and performance standards. The Approvals Test Engineer is part of the Det-Tronics Engineering Approvals Team and assists with the ongoing work required to obtain and maintain product compliance with the required industry regulations. This role will perform detailed product analysis and hands-on product testing to verify compliance, and will then interface with regulatory agencies to create and prepare the submission materials to acquire certification. They will also act as a consultant to other assist other working groups teams on by serving as a consultant on compliance concerns matters, such as (i.e., advising with the design team on sustaining and new product development projects NPD, answering customer questions regarding approvals-related questions from the provided by sales, product management and field-support teams, after-market and field teams, etc.)

Key Responsibilities:

• Interpret applicable safety and/or performance standards and apply the requirements to the products.
• Participate in product development teams to ensure that global hazardous location and performance requirements are considered.
• Understand product requirements and develop certification strategies to meet those requirements.
• Create test plans, and oversee and interpret the test results in compliance with company and industry standards and policies.
• Prepare technical justifications and technical documents to demonstrate compliance to applicable standards.
• Interface directly with third-party certification agencies, and manage projects with them.
• Write and execute test protocols in accordance with approval standards and procedures, record results and write test reports.
• Maintain existing certifications, and support preparations for audits and participate in audits.
• Previous experience in the design and certification of products used in hazardous locations, including performance certifications, is desirable.
• Prioritize and manage work requests in an organized and timely manner.