Permanent - Certification Engineer - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Reports to Chief Innovation Officer

Main objective of the Role:

Drives the required certifications and approvals necessary for the company to deliver products to their intended markets. Supports and coaches Engineering Project managers, System Engineers and Product Managers in the requirements and best methods to achieve international certifications and approvals. Contribute to the overall engineering activities related to the delegated tasks, draft and present for review relevant engineering documentation in accordance with delegated tasks

Key Performance Areas:

Certification Management:

Contribute and actively participate in all certification activities (meetings, discussions, activities, laboratory testing, specifications, report submission, documentation generation, etc)

Actively participate in and contribute towards engineering reviews, including documentation reviews and project reviews.

Ensure that all products are aligned to achieve local and international certification

Ensure that all products are aligned to achieve local and international certification

Provide recommendations for the certification and approval process

Elicitation:

Identify certification and approval standards, stakeholders, testing laboratories and approval authorities.

Ensure that we have the current certification and approval standards and are aware of pending changes to these standards

Requirement, architecture and design validation:

Actively participate in reviews of requirements, architectures and designs

Comply with established standards and best operating practice

Identify related problems before resources are committed to addressing designs and architectures

Architecture and design validation:

Actively participate in reviews of requirements, architectures and designs

Comply with established standards and best operating practice

Identify related problems before resources are committed to addressing designs and architectures

Testing:

Perform appropriate engineering and environmental testing

Manage the submission of products to testing and approval.

Facilitate the testing and approval of products, systems and sub-systems.

Ensure traceability is maintained

Maintain test records

Configuration:

All documentation to be configured in accordance with internal configuration management policies and procedures

Issue tracking to be conducted in accordance with established standards and procedures

Preservation of the integrity and traceability of approval and certification throughout the system life cycle

Budget and Project inputs:

Provide inputs required for certification and approval scoping (work breakdown, resourcing and coordination)

Provide cost and duration inputs for certification and approval

Identify assumptions and potential risks to be considered during testing and approval

Manage the issues and risks involved with certification and approval

Identify opportunities for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of certification and approval

Support for internal clients:

Provide cooperation and support for:

• Engineering Project management
• System engineers
• Design engineers

External technology partners /sub-contractors

Facilitate liaising with customers concerning the appropriate certification and approval methods

Minimum Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in electronic / computer engineering

Minimum Experience Required:

• 3-5 years’ experience in the electronic, engineering field
• Hardware and software R&D experience
• Experience in formal testing, certification and approval techniques (non-negotiable)
• Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary environment (advantageous)

Required Competencies:

Knowledge of the local land internal testing, certification and approval process and methods relating to:

• Gas instrumentation
• Collison avoidance systems
• Light current mining elections
• Vehicle control systems.  
• Experienced with support ticketing systems and life cycle management.
• Well versed in communication techniques and technologies.
• Strong written and oral communications skills

Competencies (Skills, Knowledge, Attributes):

Self-motivated and self-starter

The ability to create and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues and customers

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Must have the ability and mind-set to think from a developer’s point of view.

Efficiently manage time and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines and maintain productivity in a fast-paced environment. Communicate concerns or challenges with any of the project timelines to your peers, line manager or project manager

Communicate concerns or challenges with any of the project deliverables to your peers, line manager or project manager.

Willingness to keep up to date with developments in new technology

Willingness to travel.

Must be flexible and able to handle multiple simultaneous tasks

Embrace the fact that the quality of your work could have serious implications leading to loss of life, injury or commercial impact for our end users