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Regulatory Engineer II

Description

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

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Position Overview:

The Automation and Motion Control (MCS) division of Regal Rexnord is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Engineer II to support product safety, testing, and certification efforts in Radford, Virginia. This role plays a critical part in ensuring motor and drive systems meet global regulatory standards and certification requirements, enabling reliable product performance and market access.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on engineer who thrives in a lab-based environment and brings a strong focus on testing, validation, and continuous improvement. This individual will collaborate cross-functionally to support compliance activities across new and existing products, working closely with internal teams and external certification agencies. Additionally, this role supports the broader engineering organization by ensuring compliance considerations are integrated early in product development, contributing to efficient execution and high-quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform and document product testing in accordance with applicable regulatory standards
  • Support certification of electrical motor and drive products
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with quality, production, and engineering teams
  • Coordinate with external testing agencies (e.g., UL, CSA, TÜV)
  • Create, maintain, and manage certification documentation
  • Review development specifications to ensure compliance with relevant standards
  • Contribute to requirements and specifications for new product development
  • Maintain and monitor existing certifications
  • Provide technical guidance to customers on standards interpretation and application

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering preferred), Physics, or a related field
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
  • Hands-on experience with lab testing and validation
  • Experience documenting test results and writing technical reports
  • Strong understanding of engineering standards and compliance processes
  • Ability to work collaboratively across teams

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

  • Experience leading certification efforts for electromechanical products
  • Familiarity with global regulatory standards and certification processes
  • Experience working directly with third-party testing agencies (UL, CSA, TÜV)
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to support customer inquiries related to compliance and standards
  • Experience contributing to product design requirements with compliance in mind

Work Type: Onsite. This role follows an Onsite Work Schedule and requires working from your designated Regal Rexnord office on a full-time basis.

This role may be filled at different levels depending on the candidate’s experience, skills, and business needs.

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
  • Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Paid Leaves
  • Tuition Assistance


About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.


The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.


Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.


Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.


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Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.

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