Materials Technology Eng. Material Compliance Specialist

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

General Information:

The Material Compliance Specialist acts as the interface to the local Technical Compliance organization and supports the alignment of regulatory requirements with the materials and reuse contents offered within Electrification Technologies (ET) organization (offering Technology Solutions for electronic and mechatronic E-Mobility products, such as inverters, converters, Battery Management System, Zone controller, High Performance Computes (HPCs), HV boxes, and thermal management solutions).The role ensures that relevant material-related compliance topics are identified, interpreted, and translated into practical requirements for internal stakeholders, projects, and reuse content. It combines regulatory awareness, technical understanding, and structured coordination to support compliant and future-proof material usage.

The role is primarily focused on coordination, interpretation, and practical translation of compliance requirements rather than formal legal ownership. The position works closely with the Technical Compliance organization and internal stakeholders to ensure that material-related regulatory conditions are understood, assessed, and applied in a structured and actionable way.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the interface to the local Technical Compliance organization for material-related compliance topics.
• Monitor, interpret, and communicate regulatory requirements relevant to materials and reuse content.
• Derive practical implications of regulatory conditions for offered materials, components, and reuse content.
• Support the organization in understanding how compliance requirements affect material selection, documentation, and reuse readiness.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure that compliance-related topics are properly assessed and addressed.
• Contribute to the evaluation of substances, material compositions, and associated risks in relation to regulatory requirements.
• Support the identification of relevant actions related to ELV, REACH, SVHC, Annex XIV, Annex XVII, exemptions, and sunset dates.
• Help assess how new substances are added to candidate lists and how bans, restrictions, and transition periods are handled.
• Translate regulatory topics into clear technical and organizational guidance for internal teams.
• Support discussions on material-related compliance topics with a clear understanding of the relationship between substance, function, and risk.
• Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of compliance-related information for internal use and decision-making.
• Act as a knowledgeable contact person for colleagues regarding material compliance questions.

Your Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Materials science, chemistry, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering or a comparable field.
• 2 – 5 years of professional experience
• Basic understanding of:

• • • Plastics, including additives, flame retardants, and plasticizers

• • • Potting compounds and adhesives

• • • Metals and coatings

• • • Substrates and electronic materials

• • • Applications in power electronics

• • • The relationship between substance, function, and risk

• Good understanding of material compliance topics, especially:

• • • ELV, including exemptions and exemption expiry dates

• • • REACH, including SVHC, Annex XIV and Annex XVII

• • • General understanding of how new substances are added to candidate lists

• • • How bans, restrictions, and transition periods are prepared and applied

• Ability to clearly explain regulatory topics and support technical discussions.
• Structured, analytical, and collaborative working style.

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

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Hemanth Hurudi