If you are an Engineering professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, Emerson has an opportunity for you!

Emerson is currently seeking an Approvals Engineer in Boulder, CO. The individual selected for this position will play a critical role in ensuring that new product designs align with related product safety standards and meet company objectives for safety, quality, cost, schedule, and performance. Additionally, this role will perform sustainment engineering related tasks, create test plans and perform product testing.

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Manage the product approval process and ensure the liaison between MMI design teams and certifying agencies.
• Product certification maintenance through interactions with DEKRA, CSA, UL, and other regulatory agencies.
• Experience working with global regulatory agencies and auditors.
• Strong working experience with global product certifications (CSA, NEPSI, TIIS, INMETRO, PESO, Hygienic, Marine, CE Mark, PED, ATEX, IECEx, CRN, Metrology PAC, etc).
• Interpret design documentation and approval standards. Apply those requirements to process flow products.
• Create and implement approval test plans.
• Train, mentor our global team of design and approval engineers.
• Review and approve Engineering Change Orders, Quick Installation Guides, product manuals, and product labels with respect to approvals requirements.
• Supporting periodic audits from DNV, CSA, UL and others.
• Interact with and support new product development teams to ensure that designs are suitable and documented as needed for third party submittals.
• Provide approvals guidance to Marketing, Sales, and Manufacturing determining the nature, scope and viability of proposed projects.
• Knowledge in accordance with standards and procedures.
• Prepare lab test requests, determine test configurations and provide assistance during test implementation. Document lab test results and write test reports.
• Ensure adequate agency management which includes submitting applications, product test samples, preparation and review of compliance reports.
• Review customer specs on project orders and note exceptions when needed
• Support approval compliance at global SSC’s and manufacturing sites.
• Ensure that appropriate background information such as past designs and governing code requirements have been researched and incorporated into the agency approval effort.
• Perform necessary intrinsic safe design calculations for the project and ensure that calculations performed by others are accurate.
• Delegate assignments to team members, communicate status of approval projects to the Project Manager.
• Prepare approval drawings, documents, and white papers to support product safety approvals.
• Ensure that effective coordination with other disciplines involved in the project takes place.
• Actively participate in product safety standards development, working groups, etc.

Who You Are:

You take time to ask questions and define the problem and make learning a priority and a goal. You carefully consider all relevant factors and use appropriate decision-making criteria and principles. You seek ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering. You effectively communicate in various settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position levels.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Travel < 5%
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• ABET-accredited degree
• Have an interest in industry standards and how they impact product design and development
• Knowledge of product safety standards (FM, CSA, ATEX, IECEx) is desirable
• 8+ years relevant approvals engineering experience, including at least two years project management experience. Proven ability to organize and lead product approvals projects.

Our Culture & Commitment To You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

Learn more about our Culture & Values.

Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The salary range for this role is $81, 600-151, 500 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities, and experience each candidate brings to a role.​

This position will be open for a minimum of 7 days from the day of posting. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to receive optimal consideration. In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Work Authorization

Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.