Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer (Laser Safety)

Job Title: EHS Engineer (Laser Safety)

Job ID: 60357-1

Pay: $75-$85/hr.

Location: Onsite- 9845 Willows Road NE. Redmond, WA

Duration: 6-month contract starting M-F, full-time (40 hours); W2,

*Opportunity for extension or conversion based on performance and business needs*

Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) PTO

Summary

Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Engineer with emphasis on Laser Safety. The EHS Engineer role will primarily support the radiation and laser safety team through area assessments, evaluating equipment purchase requirements, reviewing R&D experiments, and performing various laser calculations and measurements. This role will ensure/establish appropriate area controls for employees working in and around lasers. In addition to supporting the laser program, this role also offers the opportunity to support multiple EHS programs, including lab safety, training, data collection/analysis, and audits. This role requires the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and work closely with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist hardware teams and EHS safety leads in reviewing facilities for radiation and laser safety compliance
• Analyze safety hazards, assist in creating requirement specifications for hardware potentially hazardous elements such as lasers, LEDs, x-ray and CT machines
• Assist in in developing corrective actions and communicating to stake holders
• Assist in developing methods for safety analysis using in-house equipment which reduce cost and improve turnaround time of testing and investigation.
• Perform testing to simulate faults and validate design and safety performance
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with all levels of staff.
• Adaptation and innovation when working staff help them establish procedures to ensure compliance with requirements specified by Radiation and Laser Safety programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Optical Sciences or Engineering, Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics or a related discipline
• Experience in safety investigations, either during development process or failure analysis
• Familiarity with multiple types of radiation sources including, x-ray generating machines, lasers and LEDs
• Experience in a technical/engineering role which focused on field testing, failure analysis, reliability, or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in a production environment.
• Ability to influencing teams indirectly through timely, accurate, and powerful analysis.
• Experience in safety work associated with laser and LEDs and experience with IEC 60825, IEC 62471 and ANSI Z136.1 compliance.
• Proficiency with FDA/CDRH FLPPS and IEC 60825-1
• Expertise with federal reporting requirements - import/export, initial and model change reports and annual reporting
• Firm understanding of performing laser calculations (MPE, NOHD, NHZ) for various laser types and configurations
• Conducting FMEA and Fault Tree Analysis
• Self-motivated, pro-active, multi-tasking with creative and critical thinking capabilities
• Outstanding communication, report writing and presentation skills

Key Projects/Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Laser safety officer, required to go to lab and work on lasers and LED, make sure it is safely used, IEC62471 is used, IEC 60825 Laser safety standards, ANSI and Z13, Purchase request with lasers.

Must-Have Skills

• Familiarity with laser and laser safety
• Familiarity with Inventory systems and
• Interpersonal skills

Nice-to-have Skills

• Familiarity with IEC standards
• Products safety products compliance
• Optical safety analysis

Years of Experience:

3 - 5 years of experience

Degrees/Certifications Required:

Bachelor’s degree in physics, Optical Sciences or Engineering, Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics or a related discipline

CLSO Certificate preferred