Engineer Product Compliance & Sustainability (m/f/d)

Engineer Product Compliance & Sustainability (m/f/d) (Ref.Nr. )

Job Type: Full-time or Part-time

Locations: Stuttgart and Arnstadt

Responsibilities

• Analyze legal and customer-specific requirements in the field of environmental product compliance and sustainability, assessing risks and impacts.
• Act as a central interface, inform and advise internal and external stakeholders on regulatory changes, methods, tools, and product innovations.
• Maintain direct contact with customers, authorities, and suppliers regarding declarations, reporting, and information requests.
• Ensure that relevant requirements such as RoHS, REACH, Ecodesign, recyclability, and environmental footprint are fully considered during bids and projects.
• Establish and continuously optimize processes, documentation, and tools to improve efficiency and performance in compliance and sustainability.
• Steer implementation across the supplier network, manage deviations and non‑compliances, define KPIs, and actively support contract and customer managers.

Qualifications

• Hold a completed Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a scientific discipline, ideally focused on sustainability.
• Possess solid knowledge of relevant standards, legislation, and regulations related to environmental product compliance and sustainability.
• Have experience in a project- and engineering-driven environment, preferably within the rail or industrial sector (advantageous but not required).
• Exhibit strong analytical skills, a structured way of working, and excellent organizational abilities.
• Demonstrate a team-oriented personality, flexibility, solution orientation, and strong communication skills.
• Possess very good German and English language skills to work confidently in an international environment.

Benefits

• Stronger together: Networking through internal communities such as YES (Young Employee Society) or WoMenTogether, and working in international teams.
• Our drive: Together, we lay the foundations for the digitalization of the rail world in Germany and globally.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours and hybrid working models.
• Attractive conditions: A secure, permanent position with a globally operating, collectively bargained company.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.