This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for product safety, certification and regulatory compliance across the organisation.
Combining strategic oversight with hands-on involvement across product development, certification and compliance activities, you will work closely with Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers, testing laboratories and certification bodies to develop certification strategies, influence product design and ensure compliance requirements are embedded throughout the product development lifecycle.
Your technical leadership will help bring creative products to market by ensuring product safety, certification and regulatory compliance are considered from concept through to global market release.
Key Responsibilities
Own and lead product safety, certification and regulatory compliance across the product portfolio.
Develop certification strategies for new products and emerging technologies.
Guide engineering teams in applying compliance-by-design principles throughout product development.
Manage certification programs, testing activities and relationships with certification bodies and testing laboratories.
Provide technical leadership for hazardous area certification, including IECEx, ATEX and UL requirements.
Support compliance activities for connected products, wireless technologies and smart lighting systems.
Lead compliance governance, standards management and continuous improvement initiatives.
Support internal and external audits and maintain effective compliance systems across the business.
Monitor changes to international standards and provide technical guidance to engineering and manufacturing teams.
Skills & Experience
Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics or a related Engineering discipline.




Extensive experience in product safety, certification and regulatory compliance.
Demonstrated experience managing product certification programs from concept through to market release.
Strong understanding of electrical product safety standards and international certification processes.
Experience working with certification bodies, testing laboratories and regulatory authorities.
Excellent technical writing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to interpret complex standards and translate regulatory requirements into practical engineering solutions.
Highly Regarded
Experience across several of the following areas:
IECEx, ATEX, UL844 or the IEC ***** series.
EMC, CE, RCM, FCC, RED or other international approval frameworks.
Connected products, wireless technologies or industrial IoT.
DALI, D4i, Zhaga or other smart lighting ecosystems.
Industrial, hazardous area or infrastructure products.
ISO **** Quality Management systems, internal auditing and compliance governance.
Why Join Coolon?
Join a company where engineering drives the business.
At Coolon, we combine advanced electronic engineering with robust manufacturing to develop lighting systems that perform reliably in some of the world's harshest environments.
Product safety, innovation and technical excellence are at the heart of everything we do.
As our Product Certification & Compliance Lead, you'll influence the development of products from concept through to global market release, working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure our solutions continue to meet the highest standards of safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
Your expertise will help shape products deployed in mining, hazardous locations, industrial facilities, critical infrastructure and architectural projects around the world.
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📌 Product Certification & Compliance Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Coolon
📍 Melbourne