Principal Engineer - Consumer Products Expert & Implementation

Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We're looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

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Who we're looking for

Toyota's Regulatory Affairs & Environmental Sustainability Division is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Principal Engineer - Consumer Products Expert & Implementation.

The primary responsibility of this role is to establish and oversee Toyota's regulatory and certification infrastructure for TMNA's new consumer and non-automotive product portfolio.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of New Business, the person in this role will support the Compliance Strategy & Engineering department's objective to assure regulatory expertise, compliance validation and certification of TMNA's products that are adjacent to our core vehicles and wholly new to Toyota, such as consumer products.

What you'll be doing

• Establishing and overseeing regulatory and certification infrastructure for Adjacent and New TMNA products.
• Utilizing regulatory, codes & standards knowledge to develop and execute cradle-to-grave processes and infrastructure to assure compliance and certification of core adjacent products (those which are tied and related to vehicles, but not actually vehicles) and wholly new products, especially consumer products, modeling existing Toyota compliance & cert process portfolio to establish a robust and efficient framework.
• Serving as a Toyota regulatory SME, especially for Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulations, advising a wide variety of internal stakeholder functions.
• Coordinating development of regulatory interpretations for applicable products as requested by R&D / new business stakeholders.
• Collaborating with Toyota's Advanced Product Planning Office and Regulation Responsible Engineers (RRE) to provide advice on regulatory challenges of newly proposed and early development products.
• Collaborating with Program Managers to align new processes and key milestones of compliance and certification planning with product development schedules and milestones.
• Creating clear guidelines and strategies of applicability for external industry codes and standards including UL, NEC, NFPA, etc.
• Establishing and leading regulatory, technical, and business relationships with 3rd part certification organizations (Intertek, TUV, UL, etc.), which provide required assessment, validation, and certification.
• Developing and maintaining operating procedures and work instructions for critical processes embedded in these new regulatory and certification infrastructure.
• Closely coordinate with TMNA Legal and Quality Functions, and TMC Reg & Cert Div. for development activities.

• Bachelor's degree in related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years' related experience.
• Previous knowledge and experience in non-automotive product regulations, from agencies Toyota has less experience with, especially Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).
• Demonstrated project management capabilities; demonstrated process development and documentation capabilities.
• Ability to adhere to milestones with timely completion of reports, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and nuance.
• Full capability in MS Office suite. (Ability to do office automation)
• Ability to represent our division and company to higher-level stakeholders across the enterprise, and outside of Toyota.

• Experience with 3rd Party "NRTL" Certification of consumer products.
• Experience with low/no code office automation tools, especially in the MS suite
• Previous knowledge and experience in automotive engineering and processes.
• Master's degree in business administration or engineering.
• Bilingual skills in Japanese.

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more
• Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)