Compliance EngineeringDesign for Safety, RoHS, Electromagnetic & Environmental compliance

Time-To-Market (TTM) demands that design is right prior to regulatory test, as failure would necessitate a costly design re-spin & hardware rebuild that may result in loss of competitive advantage or at worst the market opportunity being missed entirely.

Compliance Engineering is the term we give to ensuring that the design will meet the stated customer and regulatory requirements before testing.  This is done through working at the very beginning of the development process to gain an understanding of the requirements and the intended geographic markets, determining the route to compliance and then ensuring that the design evolves in such a way that non-compliance is never a risk. Specifically:

• Gain a firm understanding of the customer requirements and the intended geographic markets
• Plan a route to compliance, identify notified bodies and understand their requirements. 
• Follow the path to compliance:
  • Review of the design architecture & concept stages: physical design concepts and schematics prior to PCB layout, critical component selection etc.
  • Review of detail design: mechanical details and PCB layout prior to release for manufacture
  • Write test plans and manage prototype confidence testing against the applicable requirements & standards for thermal performance, vibration, shock etc.
  • Manage the relationship with notified bodies and ensure that Regulatory testing is conducted in accordance with their requirements.