Product Compliance & Sustainability Engineer

General Purpose

As a Product Sustainability & Compliance Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring our products meet global environmental, safety, and performance standards. This cross-functional position combines engineering rigor with sustainability principles, focusing on product conformance, chemical compliance, lifecycle assessments, and stewardship frameworks. You'll collaborate with design, supply chain, and certification teams to ensure our products are safe, sustainable, and market-ready.

Essential Functions

Product Conformance & Testing

• Follow and support current and future MillerKnoll guidelines and processes that are in place.
• Create and execute mechanical, environmental, and functional test plans to validate product safety, quality, durability, reliability, and performance.
• Partner with Product Development and Engineering teams to evaluate product designs, materials, and assemblies against performance, compliance, and sustainability requirements.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, and design changes to ensure compliance with internal standards and global regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and update acceptance criteria based on customer feedback, competitive benchmarks, and regulatory changes.
• Support third party certification for electrical products (e.g., UL Listing, ETL Listing)

Chemical & Material Compliance

• Manage supplier disclosures and ensure compliance with chemical regulations (REACH, RoHS, Prop 65, Red List).
• Maintain banned substances and chemicals of concern lists.
• Support emissions certification and other environmental programs globally.

Sustainability & Stewardship

• Conduct Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and carbon footprint analyses to identify impact reduction opportunities.
• Coordinate with suppliers to collect accurate sustainability data (e.g., recycled content, energy use).
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify sustainable material substitutions, design improvements, and product enhancements that reduce environmental impact while maintaining product performance requirements.
• Support sustainable material sourcing and green product development initiatives.

Regulatory & Market Access

• Lead compliance efforts for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes.
• Translate regulatory requirements into actionable internal processes.
• Ensure global market access for new and existing products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or related technical field.

• Mechanical Engineering or product development experience is strongly preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in product compliance, sustainability engineering, or environmental data analysis.

• Strong understanding of product testing, certification, and regulatory frameworks.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and documentation systems.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Experience with LCA tools and sustainability reporting.
• Familiarity with global EPR schemes and product stewardship frameworks.
• Understanding of mechanical engineering principles, product design, materials selection, durability testing, and failure analysis.
• Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI), product validation, certification, or engineering change management processes.
• Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.

Who We Hire?

• In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days.
• We encourage our prospective candidates to submit their application(s) expediently so as not to miss out on our opportunities.
• We frequently post new opportunities and encourage prospective candidates to check back often for new postings.