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Sr. Product Safety & Compliance Engineer I
Role at a glance
- Category
- Compliance
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Location
- Sterling, Virginia
- Posted
- Jun 13, 2026
Axon is hiring a Sr. Product Safety & Compliance Engineer I in Sterling, Virginia. This is a Compliance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with Axon.
Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact: Dedrone stands out as the global leader in airspace defense technology and counter-UAS solutions. Engineering at Dedrone is tasked with delivering innovative solutions and products to maintain our position on the cutting edge of innovation. Sr. Product Safety and Compliance Engineers at Dedrone have accountability over the safety and regulatory integrity of our product portfolio from early design through production across both commercial and MIL-SPEC product lines. This role is highly visible and is critical to ensuring our products are built right, certified correctly, and safe for the people who build and operate them. Your work directly enables our engineering teams to move faster and with greater confidence by providing proactive guidance rather than reactive fixes. This role emphasizes early design-phase safety analysis, standards interpretation, regulatory compliance, and laboratory safety oversight. The ideal candidate bridges the worlds of product safety compliance and environmental health and safety, with deep familiarity with both MIL-SPEC and commercial certification frameworks. Location: Onsite at our office in Sterling, VA What You ll Do: Serve as the authoritative voice on which safety and performance standards govern each product, distinguishing between MIL-SPEC,, and other applicable frameworks, and guide engineering teams accordingly from day one of the design process. Lead system safety analyses including hazard identification, FMEA/FMECA, and risk mitigation planning in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and applicable commercial standards. Proactively engage with design and development teams during conceptualization and prototyping to ensure safety and compliance requirements are designed in, not retrofitted. Own the regulatory compliance roadmap for new and existing products, including certification processes where applicable and OSHA-compliant engineering documentation where
Full responsibilities and requirements are on Axon's application page.
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This role is based in Sterling, Virginia on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Axon's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.
About compliance roles
Compliance programs turn law, regulation, and policy into controls the business can actually run. Demand is strongest where regulatory change, enforcement risk, and new technology intersect. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as relevant regulatory frameworks, control libraries, and audit and monitoring practices.
How to position yourself for this compliance role
Strong candidates emphasize building and monitoring controls, regulatory mapping, policy and training, and partnering with the business to make compliance practical. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Axon would apply relevant regulatory frameworks, control libraries, and audit and monitoring practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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