Senior Safety Engineer - Power Tools and Accessories

GO BOSCH, AND EXPERIENCE BIG REWARDS.

This role is hybrid remote with 60% monthly in-office presence in Mount Prospect, Illinois. (3 days in office per week).

Responsibilities

• Analyze new product designs and prototypes for user hazards, assess the risk, and develop the hazard mitigation requirements for innovative power tools.
• Document safety requirements in Product Safety Review and maintain throughout the development phase of the product.
• Communicate Product Safety requirements to project teams through meetings, calls, and emails.
• Read and critically review test reports to confirm product safety qualification requirements are met.
• Provide safety input, warnings, and instructions for user instruction manual, and review content provided by others for safety concerns.
• Create and mentor others for on-product warning label content per ANSI Z535
• Review product photography, videography, and marketing artwork for accurate representation of reasonably safe use and compliance with operating instructions and warnings.
• Mentor and train other Product Safety Engineers.
• Train product development teams on Product Safety requirements and workflow.
• Create and update Product Safety procedures and design guidelines.
• Support product investigations for testing and field returns.
• Challenge product development team on appropriate hazard mitigation methods.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience in technical-related discipline.
• Minimum 6-8 years of experience working in North American agency approvals (UL, CSA), regulatory compliance (CFR, OSHA), new product development for consumer products, or quality engineering for new product development. Experience analyzing and using power tools is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with ability to describe technical information to project teams.
• Strong understanding of North American product safety requirements for product design to ensure correct analysis for safety and compliance requirements.
• Culturally sophisticated awareness of how North Americans will use power tools on job sites, homes, and yards.
• Patient, and detail oriented with ability to proofread written instructions for logical errors, contradictions, or safety hazards.
• Familiarity with hazard identification and methods to document countermeasures.
• BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives:
• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)
• Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
• Safety Sensitive Position.
• Thanks to the work of every associate, Bosch has been recognized for award-winning culture by the following organizations:
• Great Place to Work™ Certified, 2024
• Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, 2024
• America’s Best Large Employers, 2024
• America’s Best Employers for Diversity, 2024
• America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, Newsweek 2024
• Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Newsweek 2024
• Bosch Power Tools was recently recognized as one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Manufacturing 2025

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience in technical-related discipline.
• Minimum 6-8 years of experience working in North American agency approvals (UL, CSA), regulatory compliance (CFR, OSHA), new product development for consumer products, or quality engineering for new product development. Experience analyzing and using power tools is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with ability to describe technical information to project teams.
• Strong understanding of North American product safety requirements for product design to ensure correct analysis for safety and compliance requirements.
• Culturally sophisticated awareness of how North Americans will use power tools on job sites, homes, and yards.
• Patient, and detail oriented with ability to proofread written instructions for logical errors, contradictions, or safety hazards.
• Familiarity with hazard identification and methods to document countermeasures.