Engineering Program Manager, Regulatory Compliance

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

Benefits

We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. Location : Palo Alto, CA As a Hardware Regulatory Compliance Engineering Program Manager, you are experienced in Radio Frequency (RF), ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) technologies and their product certification processes.

Requirements

, and how to navigate the evolving world of country-based and industry regulations. You will collaborate with a skilled cross-disciplinary team to develop certification strategies and drive them from concept to test execution and through regulatory approvals, leading the team through global scaling required with our program portfolio.

and product testing. Your proactive nature, deep problem solving skills, and ability to excel in a collaborative peer environment are what will make the team a success.

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above and beyond industry standards. • Plan and direct compliance testing of hardware platforms, devices, and accessories with external 3rd party test labs and internal test assets, supporting both physical asset and team resource management.

and readiness across chamber availability, testers, peripheral device availability and software.

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and integrate regulatory testing timelines into the overall program plan. • Proactively communicate EMC/RF/Safety/Cybersecurity compliance strategy, execution status and risks; deliver concise and informative compliance updates to hardware, software and program leadership. • Drive cross-functional debug on testing issues with structured problem solving frameworks; prioritize test plans across platforms and hardware based on critical path assessments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with EMC/RF engineering team to scope and analyze regulatory and industry compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in RF/Microwave Design, Electromagnetics, Antenna, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • Strong leadership skills in driving certification labs, effectively prioritizing testing, and achieving deadlines • Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to think strategically and develop solutions quickly and effectively. • Experience with Atlassian-based applications, including Jira and Confluence • Passionate about process improvement and developing strong cross-functional relationships • 5+ years of experience in wireless regulatory compliance, testing, and certifications.