Product Regulatory Intern
SmartCover Systems
Why Badger Meter?
Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company, with a mission to preserve and protect the world’s most precious resource. For more than 100 years, cities and businesses have utilized our innovative and trusted solutions to enhance operational efficiency and conserve water while making it more affordable, clean and resilient. Just like every drop counts, at Badger Meter every employee counts because our contributions have a lasting impact on the world!
Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.
We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Badger Meter provides opportunities for career growth and development for every employee by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource.
What You Will Contribute:
The Badger Meter Internship Program provides hands-on, real-world experience to students through projects that make a difference! In addition to your projects, you will be given the opportunity to participate in our robust Intern program focused on Badger Meter Culture, professional development, community outreach and a final capstone project.
As a Product Regulatory Intern at Badger Meter, you’ll play a mission-critical role at the intersection of engineering excellence and international standards for a global manufacturing leader of Water/Industrial meters. You won’t just help interpret regulations—you’ll help shape how groundbreaking mechanical/electronic products achieve certifications across hazardous locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
This is a high-impact opportunity to act as the product regulatory strategy resource, especially in UL, CSA, CE, IECEx, and ATEX standards. You’ll serve as the vital link between engineering design teams and certifying agencies, and New Product Development (NPD) process to ensure both speed and precision in certification outcomes.
In this role, your technical insights, proactive collaboration, and commitment to quality will directly influence how Badger Meter delivers reliable, compliant, and high-performance products to customers around the world.
This summer internship will be located at our Global Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Job Duties:
Support the Product Regulatory Engineering staff while learning the regulator function for new and existing products.
Provide technical direction/support to other team members for component material declarations and related environmental compliance.
Support NPD and provide oversight of Product Regulatory Compliance development activities for products used for UL/CSA/CE/IECEx/ATEX and other applications. Review the design with Engineering and verify compliance with the standard.
Develop and maintain technical relationships with 3rd-party certifying agencies (like UL, CSA, FM) to result in efficient and favorable outcomes for product certifications.
Read and understand the requirements of the hazardous location standards to ensure product certifications are attained within budget and schedule requirements.
Become familiar upcoming regulatory & environmental changes to standards and recommend course or action for Badger Meter to take in order to support compliance requirements.
Assist New Product Development or Project lead engineer for Product Regulatory Compliance actions, including hands-on detailed design review of electrical device designs. Support team to achieve the specific certification required.
Interface with corporate legal counsel to discuss impact of proposed regulatory changes as assigned.
Help define scope of projects and costs related to product certification, develop/provide input to project schedules and budgets and execute schedule/budgets to meet targets per approved project schedule.
Support obtaining Agency Certification quotations from global agencies relative to new/maintenance projects; prepare associated Purchase Request documentation.
Help develop Critical Components Lists with Lead Engineer for agency submittals, as required.
Assist in coordinating the transfer of test samples to agencies/testing resources and publishing latest versions of test reports and certification documents.
Education and Experience:
Currently pursing a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field
Qualifications:
Project management skillset
Intermediate proficiency using Microsoft Software suite desired
Familiarity with Lean and related manufacturing processes preferred
Learning knowledge of electronic circuitry/PCBA
Ability to help determine risk and define mitigation methods
Ability to communicate, read and write in English
Competencies:
Collaboration: Work collaboratively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
Communication: Convey information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listen actively to others.
Initiating Action: Take prompt action to accomplish work goals; take action to achieve results beyond what is required; be proactive.
Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
Working Conditions:
Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and interface with appropriate engineering and staff members at global BMI Headquarters.
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