Director-Product Compliance

Amperesand

Reno, NV

Full Time

Posted September 8, 2026

$250k - $270k

Solar Energy

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Job Description

This is a full-time onsite role based in the South Bay Area or Reno, NV, with in-person collaboration expected five days a week.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for a Director, Product Compliance to evolve, build, and lead Amperesand's compliance department and own all compliance activity across the company's solid-state transformer platforms. This is a high-visibility, hands-on department leadership role . In this role, you are accountable for the full compliance program, including electrical safety, functional safety, cybersecurity, EMC/EMI, and certification execution, as well as for the people who deliver it.
As the Head of Compliance, you will operate as both a functional leader and a hands-on technical authority. You will set the strategy and build the organization while remaining directly engaged in critical technical reviews, certification activities, standards interpretation, testing strategy, and issue resolution. As the team scales, you will develop leaders and subject-matter experts while maintaining technical ownership of the overall compliance program.
UL 2877 and UL 1741 are the primary standards governing Amperesand's products and the backbone of the compliance program you will own. All other applicable standards, including IEC/UL 60730-1, IEC 62443, UL 1998, UL 991, IEEE 1547.1, and adjacent grid-interconnection and functional safety frameworks, are supporting standards that you will integrate into Amperesand's primary compliance framework.
This role combines strong people leadership with the technical depth and hands-on credibility to be Amperesand's internal and external authority on compliance, and the communication skill to align engineering, product, and executive stakeholders as well as customers and certification bodies around a single compliance strategy.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in product compliance, regulatory affairs, or certification leadership for electrical, power electronics, or safety-critical hardware products.
5+ years of people leadership experience, including direct management of compliance or engineering managers, team building, mentoring, and performance management.
Demonstrated ability to operate as a hands-on technical leader while building and leading a compliance organization , with the ability to move between department-level strategy and detailed technical, certification, testing, and issue-resolution work as needed.
Demonstrated ownership of UL 2877 and UL 1741 (or directly comparable primary product-safety / grid-interconnection standards) as the governing framework for a certified product line.
Working fluency across supporting standards such as IEC/UL 60730-1, IEC 62443, UL 1998, UL 991, and IEEE 1547.1, with the judgment to know when a supporting standard changes the primary compliance strategy and when it does not.
Exceptional leadership and communication skills: proven ability to set direction for a department, align executives and engineering leaders who don't report to you, and represent compliance credibly to customers and certification bodies.
Track record of building compliance functions or programs from an early stage.
Experience directing engagement with NRTLs and external certification agencies, including test planning, technical reviews, and issue resolution at a program level.
Strong technical judgment and willingness to personally engage in complex compliance problems when needed.
Experience with medium-voltage power conversion, solid-state transformers, or grid-interactive inverter platforms
Experience with hyperscale data center, EV charging, or energy storage customers and their compliance expectations
Prior experience as a Director, Head of Compliance, or equivalent functional leader in a scaling hardware startup

Benefits & Perks

Own compliance as a company-wide function, not a single technical workstream — with direct influence on product strategy and executive decision-making
Build and lead the compliance department from an early stage, shaping its structure, standards, and people
Partner directly with engineering, product, and executive leadership on next-generation power infrastructure
High ownership, high visibility, and the mandate to define how Amperesand approaches compliance as it scales
Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.
Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
401k retirement savings plan through Empower
Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
Commuter Benefits
100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.