Tasks
The Senior Regulatory and Legislative Compliance Engineer (“Senior Engineer”) is responsible for providing internal expertise and support on current and future US Federal and State motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment regulations. The Senior Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert within PCNA and to be a resource to the PAG ET organization. The Senior Engineer will help ensure the comprehensive awareness and understanding of complex technical regulations required to successfully certify Porsche models as salable in the US. While primarily focused on motor vehicle emissions and safety topics, the Senior Engineer must also engage in regulatory topics as needed to support additional areas such as chemical conformity, alternative fuels, battery electric vehicles and other technical conformity topics.
The Senior Engineer, under supervision of the PCNA Regulatory and Legislative Compliance Manager, must help represent the technical and policy interests of PCNA and PAG to US authorities in support of the development of future US regulations affecting motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. The Senior Engineer must coordinate with PCNA and PAG teams to ensure early awareness of evolving future requirements. The Senior Engineer must also work creatively to propose and negotiate alternative regulatory outcomes with government agencies that can best align with Porsche strategy and business objectives. In support of this, the Senior Engineer will help develop PCNA technical comments and other materials that will be used to inform government agencies of key topics for Porsche. The Senior Engineer must also coordinate with external stakeholders, such as automotive trade associations and standards organizations, to further support Porsche positions.
The Senior Engineer will also serve as a regional regulatory subject matter expert and provide PCNA and PAG technical teams with comprehensive analysis and interpretive support for complex technical regulations. The Senior Engineer must research the background on regulatory requirements, propose interpretations, and coordinate outreach to government agencies as needed.
As a regulatory expert, the Senior Engineer must provide briefings and other summaries to PCNA business units in order to help ensure comprehensive awareness of evolving requirements and to describe potential impacts on PCNA operations. In support of AfterSales leadership, the Senior Engineer must effectively communicate and report to all levels of the organization regarding regulatory outlooks and potential compliance topics.
Roles & responsibilities
Primary responsibilities:
- Proactively participate in relevant working groups within the automotive trade association and provide direct feedback to PCNA and PAG ET teams.
- Serves as a subject matter expert for highly sensitive Federal and State governmental motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment regulations.
- Support the development and negotiation of proposals to help inform future regulations, contribute to the development of technical comments and other briefings.
- Produces, evaluates, and presents key strategic regulatory summaries and options to PCNA and PAG leadership related to fleet safety and emissions compliance with significant impact on current and future US Market operations.
- Communicate and coordinate with PAG and Group entity regulatory teams and other supporting functions including legal, certification, and development teams to assess the impact of regulations.
- Support the analysis, presentation, and interpretation of regulations, including future compliance projections used for strategic planning.
- Coordinates to ensure cross-functional support of ongoing topics related to vehicle certification, emissions & safety defect reporting, recalls & campaigns, in-use emissions monitoring, and other various technical projects.
- Collaborates with internal Business Units; Marketing, Finance, Vehicle Logistics, Customs, Sales Operations, Corporate Quality, Corporate Compliance, Legal, and other stakeholders to ensure the seamless phase-in of new products and new compliance processes.
- Supports high-level interaction and negotiation with governmental staff regarding sensitive compliance options, projections and strategic decisions. This includes regulatory reviews, discussions of future product plans/business decisions, and Group projections for future regulatory compliance.
- Support the execution and development of regulatory affairs processes between PCNA, PAG and other Group entities.
- Support the development of regulatory knowledge database and best practices.
Decisions:
The Senior Regulatory and Legislative Compliance Engineer decides in discussion and agreement with the Manager, Regulatory and Legislative Compliance topics to be:
- Addressed to external industry partners to identify beneficial policy options related to Porsche compliance.
- Addressed during negotiations and proposals with Agencies regarding future and current regulatory obligations.
- Addressed to state and federal agencies, in developing roadmaps for assisting in deploying advanced technology vehicles.
- Addressed to governmental agencies with the intent to minimize the potential risk and exposure to Porsche as a whole.
- Presented in public forums and conferences in order to highlight technology developments by Porsche.
- Presented during the rulemaking process by interacting with internal and external groups, including analysis and response to proposed regulations (including trade organization discussions, workshops, and comment preparation).
- Presented during collaboration with international colleagues to identify common policy objectives across the Volkswagen Group for opportunities to harmonize or streamline requirements, which can deliver design synergies and cost savings.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from an ABET-accredited engineering university preferred.
Experience:
- 8+ years of work experience within an automotive service or engineering function.
- 5+ years working in Regulatory Affairs and Environmental Engineering Operations.
- 2+ years working in Engineering R&D on resolution of complex issues.
Skills:
- Experience with safety and state level regulations
- Experience with emission and environmental regulations
- Experience with fuels and alternative powertrains
- Technical background in vehicles emissions and environmental topics including air quality, greenhouse gases, fuel economy technologies, etc.
- Expertise in working with US Federal and State regulatory databases and online services
- Expertise in Federal and State rulemaking processes
- Experience in legislative and other governmental processes
- Direct Knowledge of vehicle certification (safety and emissions)
- Direct Knowledge of safety and emission testing and measurement procedures
- Technical knowledge of current system design standards with an understanding of future direction for vehicle system design
- Planning/organizational skills to supervise and coordinate team activities
- Broad working vehicle evaluation skills with emphasis on Vehicle Emissions and Safety systems
- Comprehensive engineering diagnostic skills in multiple areas / use of specialized engineering test equipment
Competencies:
- Strong written and verbal communication / presentation skills – able to concisely communicate as a subject matter expert to general audiences both internal and external, able to efficiently communicate ideas through interpersonal, presentation and written correspondence and across varied audiences
- MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Extensive Problem-solving skills
- Excellent Analytical and Conceptual Thinking skills
- Influencing, Negotiation, and Resource Management skills
- Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative
- International working experience and understanding of cultural differences