Product Compliance Specialist - Building Management Systems
About the role
Req ID: 12706
Work Flexibility: Flexible
Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.
We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.
Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.
Job Summary Product Compliance Specialist plays a central role in enabling compliant, safe, and timely delivery of hardware and connected products across Distech Controls, KE2Therm, and Atrius. This position ensures regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle, proactively monitors evolving global standards, and works closely with R&D, Quality, Product Management, Sourcing, and Legal.
This role will support strategic initiatives, connecting innovation with regulatory reality, ensuring that products are designed, evolved, and deployed with full regulatory foresight, proactively planning while minimizing late-stage disruption and enabling sustainable growth across product portfolios.
Key Responsibilities Regulatory Interpretation & Certification Strategy
- Track and interpret global regulatory requirements and how this translates to Building Management Systems (UL, IEC, FCC, RED, ETSI, ISO, CE, UKCA, etc.).
- Monitoring emerging frameworks such as Digital Product Passport (DPP) and Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
- Translate updates into actionable guidance and change impacts for design teams.
- Influence product architecture early to meet or exceed current and emerging standards.
Product Certifications & Market Access
- Prepare and manage technical files and declarations of conformity on a global scope.
- Interface with test labs and certifying bodies (UL, CSA, FCC, BTL, OSHPD, etc.).
- Lead compliance testing with internal and external partners, to support product development lifecycle planning.
Electronics & EMC/EMI Testing
- Interpret regulatory standards at schematic/component level (EMC layout, filtering, shielding, wireless radio).
- Partner with hardware engineering on board-level design for compliance.
- Review BOM changes for compliance impacts and initiate mitigation strategies.
What Success Looks Like
- Products meet applicable regulations at launch and throughout product lifecycle
- Regulatory changes are tracked and integrated proactively, not reactively
- Cross-functional teams rely on your input early in the product development process
- Distech builds compliance maturity that supports entry into new and emerging markets
Minimum Requirements
- B.S. in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field and/or related work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in product regulatory compliance or design engineering.
- Strong knowledge of UL, FCC, CE, EMC/RF compliance and electronics fundamentals.
- Familiarity with REACH, RoHS, SCIP, WEEE, TSCA, PFAS, sustainable sourcing, etc.
- Experience working with NRTL labs and certification bodies.
- Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills.
- Bilingual French and English: To serve clients and external service providers across Canada and USA.
Preferred Requirements
- Experience in building automation, connected controls, or HVAC industries with an understanding of communication protocols such as LonWorks and BACnet and their application in building control systems.
- Understanding cybersecurity compliance (UL 2900, NIST, EU CRA, etc.).
- Familiarity with DPP/ESPR, product sustainability requirements, or lifecycle transparency initiatives.
- Exposure to international market access schemes (India BIS, China CCC).
- Familiarity with PLM and compliance data tools.
Travel Requirements 0-25%
We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000, select option 4. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.
Any unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Inc. from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Inc. employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Knowledge of French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec so incumbents can communicate with their colleagues and suppliers in Quebec as necessary. French-language training is offered to all incumbents in permanent positions in Quebec who do not have a good knowledge of French.
Acuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.
Job Segment: Compliance, PLM, Machinist, Law, Hardware Engineer, Legal, Management, Manufacturing, Engineering
About WhiteOptics LLC
WhiteOptics™ develops and manufactures the patent-pending WhiteOptics™ Reflector based on a highly reflective plastic substrate. The reflector is unique in that it has extremely high diffuse reflectance and has greater than 97% reflectance across the visible spectrum, allowing light fixtures to be designed with more efficient light output while the highly diffuse nature of reflection allows the light to be distributed evenly with a low-glare aesthetic.
Product Compliance Specialist - Building Management Systems
About the role
Req ID: 12706
Work Flexibility: Flexible
Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.
We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.
Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.
Job Summary Product Compliance Specialist plays a central role in enabling compliant, safe, and timely delivery of hardware and connected products across Distech Controls, KE2Therm, and Atrius. This position ensures regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle, proactively monitors evolving global standards, and works closely with R&D, Quality, Product Management, Sourcing, and Legal.
This role will support strategic initiatives, connecting innovation with regulatory reality, ensuring that products are designed, evolved, and deployed with full regulatory foresight, proactively planning while minimizing late-stage disruption and enabling sustainable growth across product portfolios.
Key Responsibilities Regulatory Interpretation & Certification Strategy
- Track and interpret global regulatory requirements and how this translates to Building Management Systems (UL, IEC, FCC, RED, ETSI, ISO, CE, UKCA, etc.).
- Monitoring emerging frameworks such as Digital Product Passport (DPP) and Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
- Translate updates into actionable guidance and change impacts for design teams.
- Influence product architecture early to meet or exceed current and emerging standards.
Product Certifications & Market Access
- Prepare and manage technical files and declarations of conformity on a global scope.
- Interface with test labs and certifying bodies (UL, CSA, FCC, BTL, OSHPD, etc.).
- Lead compliance testing with internal and external partners, to support product development lifecycle planning.
Electronics & EMC/EMI Testing
- Interpret regulatory standards at schematic/component level (EMC layout, filtering, shielding, wireless radio).
- Partner with hardware engineering on board-level design for compliance.
- Review BOM changes for compliance impacts and initiate mitigation strategies.
What Success Looks Like
- Products meet applicable regulations at launch and throughout product lifecycle
- Regulatory changes are tracked and integrated proactively, not reactively
- Cross-functional teams rely on your input early in the product development process
- Distech builds compliance maturity that supports entry into new and emerging markets
Minimum Requirements
- B.S. in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field and/or related work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in product regulatory compliance or design engineering.
- Strong knowledge of UL, FCC, CE, EMC/RF compliance and electronics fundamentals.
- Familiarity with REACH, RoHS, SCIP, WEEE, TSCA, PFAS, sustainable sourcing, etc.
- Experience working with NRTL labs and certification bodies.
- Strong documentation, analytical, and communication skills.
- Bilingual French and English: To serve clients and external service providers across Canada and USA.
Preferred Requirements
- Experience in building automation, connected controls, or HVAC industries with an understanding of communication protocols such as LonWorks and BACnet and their application in building control systems.
- Understanding cybersecurity compliance (UL 2900, NIST, EU CRA, etc.).
- Familiarity with DPP/ESPR, product sustainability requirements, or lifecycle transparency initiatives.
- Exposure to international market access schemes (India BIS, China CCC).
- Familiarity with PLM and compliance data tools.
Travel Requirements 0-25%
We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000, select option 4. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.
Any unsolicited resumes sent to Acuity Inc. from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to an Acuity Inc. mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Acuity Inc. employees, or to Acuity Inc. resume database will be considered Acuity Inc. property. Acuity Inc. will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Knowledge of French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec so incumbents can communicate with their colleagues and suppliers in Quebec as necessary. French-language training is offered to all incumbents in permanent positions in Quebec who do not have a good knowledge of French.
Acuity Inc. will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.
Job Segment: Compliance, PLM, Machinist, Law, Hardware Engineer, Legal, Management, Manufacturing, Engineering
About WhiteOptics LLC
WhiteOptics™ develops and manufactures the patent-pending WhiteOptics™ Reflector based on a highly reflective plastic substrate. The reflector is unique in that it has extremely high diffuse reflectance and has greater than 97% reflectance across the visible spectrum, allowing light fixtures to be designed with more efficient light output while the highly diffuse nature of reflection allows the light to be distributed evenly with a low-glare aesthetic.