Product Compliance & Sustainability Engineer

Why join us

Geiger furnishes the modern office with beautiful solutions for private offices conference rooms collaborative spaces and more. Geiger designs play an important role in creating environments where people want to bespaces that stimulate creative and analytical thinking strengthen organizational culture and communicate trust to clients and visitors.

Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. Its the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Geiger means being a part of something larger than your work team or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Geiger to support causes that align with our values so we can build a more sustainable equitable and beautiful future for everyone.

As a Product Sustainability & Compliance Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring our products meet global environmental safety and performance standards. This cross-functional position combines engineering rigor with sustainability principles focusing on product conformance chemical compliance lifecycle assessments and stewardship frameworks. Youll collaborate with design supply chain and certification teams to ensure our products are safe sustainable and market-ready.

Product Conformance & Testing

• Follow and support current and future MillerKnoll guidelines and processes that are in place.

• Create and execute mechanical environmental and functional test plans to validate product safety quality durability reliability and performance.

• Partner with Product Development and Engineering teams to evaluate product designs materials and assemblies against performance compliance and sustainability requirements.

• Review engineering drawings specifications bills of materials and design changes to ensure compliance with internal standards and global regulatory requirements.

• Maintain and update acceptance criteria based on customer feedback competitive benchmarks and regulatory changes.

• Support third party certification for electrical products (e.g. UL Listing ETL Listing)

Chemical & Material Compliance

• Manage supplier disclosures and ensure compliance with chemical regulations (REACH RoHS Prop 65 Red List).

• Maintain banned substances and chemicals of concern lists.

• Support emissions certification and other environmental programs globally.

Sustainability & Stewardship

• Conduct Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and carbon footprint analyses to identify impact reduction opportunities.

• Coordinate with suppliers to collect accurate sustainability data (e.g. recycled content energy use).

• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify sustainable material substitutions design improvements and product enhancements that reduce environmental impact while maintaining product performance requirements.

• Support sustainable material sourcing and green product development initiatives.

Regulatory & Market Access

• Lead compliance efforts for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes.

• Translate regulatory requirements into actionable internal processes.

• Ensure global market access for new and existing products.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Materials Science Environmental Engineering Environmental Science or related technical field.

  Mechanical Engineering or product development experience is strongly preferred.

  13 years of experience in product compliance sustainability engineering or environmental data analysis.

• Strong understanding of product testing certification and regulatory frameworks.

• Proficiency in data analysis tools and documentation systems.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Experience with LCA tools and sustainability reporting.

• Familiarity with global EPR schemes and product stewardship frameworks.

• Understanding of mechanical engineering principles product design materials selection durability testing and failure analysis.

• Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) product validation certification or engineering change management processes.

• Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Ability to work independently and adapt to changing priorities.

Who We Hire

Simply put we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Geiger is comprised of people of all abilities gender identities and expressions ages ethnicities sexual orientations veterans from every branch of military service and more. Here you can bring your whole self to work. Were committed to equal opportunity employment including veterans and people with disabilities.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at .