Product Safety Engineer

The Product Safety Engineer is responsible for planning, developing, executing, and automating test strategies to verify and validate electronic hardware designs, with a strong focus on product safety and regulatory compliance. This role works closely with hardware design, firmware, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure electronic products, including medical devices, meet functional, performance, reliability, and safety requirements throughout the entire product lifecycle, from prototype through production release.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for electronic hardware, including PCB assemblies, subsystems, and complete products, with particular emphasis on product safety and regulatory requirements.
• Design, build, and maintain hardware test setups, fixtures, and test equipment to support product safety and performance testing.
• Perform functional, electrical, performance, stress, and environmental testing on electronic hardware and troubleshoot hardware failures at the component, board, and system levels.
• Collaborate closely with hardware design engineers to review schematics, PCB layouts, and design changes from a testability, reliability, and safety perspective.
• Develop automated test scripts and tools to improve test coverage, repeatability, and efficiency in product safety and hardware validation testing.
• Document test procedures, test results, failure analyses, and corrective actions in a clear and traceable manner.
• Support design verification (DVT), production validation (PVT), and manufacturing bring-up activities to ensure safe and reliable product introduction into production.
• Assist with regulatory, safety, and compliance testing, including EMC/EMI, ESD, thermal, and other safety-related evaluations in line with IEC standards.
• Provide feedback and recommendations to improve design robustness, manufacturability, testability, and overall product safety.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including firmware, manufacturing, and quality, to resolve issues identified during testing and to drive continuous improvement in product safety and reliability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience testing electronic hardware, with experience level adjustable based on overall qualifications.
• Experience in product testing and product safety, ideally including work on medical devices.
• Knowledge and practical experience with IEC -1 standards or similar safety standards for electronic products.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuits, power systems, and embedded hardware.
• Proficiency with common lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, signal generators, and digital multimeters (DMMs).
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, PCB layouts, and component datasheets.
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging and root-cause analysis at the component, board, and system levels.
• Strong technical documentation skills, including the ability to write clear test procedures and reports.
• Effective communication skills for collaborating with hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and quality teams.

• Experience with test automation using Python, Shell or command-line scripting, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, firmware interaction, and communication protocols such as I²C, SPI, UART, USB, and Ethernet.
• Experience with manufacturing test development and production support for electronic hardware.
• Knowledge of reliability testing, environmental testing, and failure analysis methods, including FMEA.
• Background in product safety for medical devices or other regulated electronic products.

The Product Safety Engineer works in a laboratory and engineering environment that focuses on testing and validating electronic hardware. The role involves extensive hands-on work with test benches, PCB assemblies, subsystems, and complete products using equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, signal generators, and digital multimeters. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware design, firmware, manufacturing, and quality, throughout the product lifecycle from prototype to production. The environment emphasizes rigorous testing for safety, reliability, and compliance, including EMC/EMI, ESD, thermal, and other regulatory evaluations. Work typically follows standard engineering office and lab hours, with periods of focused testing and troubleshooting during design verification, production validation, and manufacturing bring-up phases. Attire is generally appropriate for a professional engineering and laboratory setting, including adherence to any applicable lab safety requirements.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Portage, MI.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $55.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Portage,MI.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 30, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000 extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.

Salary : $50 - $55