Senior Product Safety Specialist – Diablo Tools

Diablo Tools Inc. is expanding our team and are looking for a highly motivated, driven, and detail-oriented Senior Product Safety Specialist . A central function between engineering, regulatory compliance, packaging design, and legal liability, the Senior Product Safety Specialist will oversee product safety across all phases of the Time-to-Market launch lifecycle. This position will review on-tool hardware safety, audit packaging and marketing artwork, interpret evolving legal and regulatory standards, and deliver concise, legally defensible safety guidance in a fast-paced environment. Packaging, Artwork and Warning Label Compliance • Packaging & Artwork Audits - Collaborate with packaging and graphic design teams to review and approve packaging artwork, warning panels, icons, and instructional text, ensuring adherence to legal mandates and internal brand requirements. • Warning Design & Risk Detection: Draft compliant warning labels and mentor teams on standards while meticulously catching fine-print inconsistencies, technical contradictions, or subtle wording that could introduce legal exposure. Product Safety Review and Risk Assessment • Hazard & Risk Analysis - Analyze new product designs, prototypes, and power tool accessories to identify foreseeable user hazards, evaluate risk severity, and establish proactive countermeasures. • TTM Launch Governance - Create, update, and maintain formal Product Safety Review documentation through the development lifecycle to ensure every product launch is fully vetted. • Decision-Making Under Ambiguity - Comfortably make decisive, legally defensible risk determinations even with incomplete data, crafting concise, impactful warnings that provide comprehensive coverage. Testing & Evaluation • Test Report Analysis - Define qualification testing protocols and critically analyze internal and third party testing reports to confirm product safety compliance • Field Investigations - Support investigations into customer feedback, warranty returns, and field safety inquiries to drive continuous product safety improvements. Regulatory Tracking & Legal Partnership • Standards Monitoring - Stay up-to-date on evolving regulatory frameworks and landmark liability court rulings, in close collaboration with corporate legal. • Marketing & Media Review - Audit product photography, videography, demonstrations, and marketing copy to ensure all imagery portrays reasonably safe tool operation. Cross-Functional Leadership and Process Agility • High-Volume Multi-Tasking - Effectively prioritize safety reviews across multiple product categories under tight launch schedules • Best-Practice Alignment – Interface with safety peers across business units to exchange best practices. • Team Training – Train and advise New Product Development team, engineers, and designers on safety workflows, hazard mitigation strategies and compliance fundamentals • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering – Mechanical, Electrical, Safety, Quality or Related • Progressive experience in product safety engineering, regulatory compliance, quality engineering, or new product development for power tools, cutting tools, or power tool accessories. • Strong knowledge of North American safety frameworks and standards organizations. • Hands-on understanding of power tools, saw blades, abrasives, and cutting accessories, including realistic awareness of how professionals and consumers operate tools in real-world environments. • Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to spot subtle errors in dense packaging layouts, regulatory texts, and instructional guides. • Highly organized and disciplined to maintain audit-ready safety records within rapid development cycles. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collab