Lead Consultant - Functional Safety

UL, LLC; Detroit (MI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

UL, LLC is seeking a Functional Safety Expert to lead safety lifecycle activities across vehicle programs, including electrical/electronic systems, hardware, and software safety development. The role covers ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), UL 4600, and related standards, with travel to client sites as needed.

You will craft safety cases, perform hazard analyses, and guide safety requirements, architectural integrity, and diagnostic concepts for L2–L4 automated systems.

Qualifications

• M.S. or B.S. in Electrical, Automotive, or related field.
• 5+ years in automotive functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and review of functional safety work products compliant with ISO 26262 and related standards.
• Develop safety arguments and evidence-based safety cases for hardware and software.
• Create hazard and risk analyses and safety concepts for vehicle systems.
• Define and decompose safety requirements aligned with architectures and diagnostic concepts.
• Lead safety analyses (FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, FTA, STPA) across electronic hardware and battery systems.
• Perform verification reviews and technical assessments ensuring architectural integrity.

Skills

Safety lifecycle

Automotive safety

ISO 26262

Systems engineering

Hazard analysis

Education

Electrical Engineering

Automotive Engineering

Tools

FMEA

FMEDA

FTA

STPA

Job description

UL is seeking a Functional Safety Expert with strong electronic system, hardware, and software design and safety development experience. This role will be deeply involved in the creation of safety work products for a wide range of vehicle and automation features, including complex systems such as electric and autonomous vehicle platforms, industrial automation equipment, and battery and energy storage systems for both mobile and stationary applications. etc.

The role covers a broad set of safety‑related standards, including but not limited to ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC/EN 62061, ISO 61511, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), UL 4600, ISO 13849, and other applicable standards pertaining to functional safety, hardware reliability, and system engineering.

• Lead the development and review of functional safety work products for vehicle programs, with emphasis on safety lifecycle activities in compliance with ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), UL 4600, and related functional safety standards.

• Develop strong safety argumentation and contribute to safety case creation, including evidence‑based justification of system, hardware and software level safety concepts.

• Create or support hazard and risk analyses and develop functional, technical, hardware, and software safety concepts for a wide range of vehicle systems, subsystems, and electronic components.

• Define and decompose safety requirements based on customer system, hardware, and software architectures; ensure alignment with safety mechanisms, diagnostic concepts, and architectural metrics.

• Lead and perform detailed safety analyses, including FMEA, FMEDA, DFA, FTA, STPA, and other analyses covering electronic hardware, power electronics, battery systems, autonomous driving components, and applications ranging from L2 to L4 automated systems.

• Perform verification reviews, confirmation measures, and technical assessments, ensuring compliance with functional safety, hardware development processes, diagnostic coverage, and architectural integrity.

• Lead technical workshops, safety training sessions, and gap analyses, focusing on safety development, requirements definition, safety analysis, and functional safety best practices.

• Lead client programs by interacting regularly with clients in technical program meetings and project reviews.

• Provide technical assistance to clients in reference to functional safety and related technical fields. Projects may include optional travel to client sites and to other UL locations

• Represent UL at industry related functions such as seminars and trade shows.

• Lead business development activities defining Statements of Work (SOWs) and providing budgetary estimates for client proposal development.

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• The candidate must have hands‑on electronics system/hardware/software product design and development experience with a strong focus on safety development lifecycle.

• M.S. or B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, related technical degree, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of experience in safety related role in automotive functional safety

• Safety Analysis knowledge including HARA, STPA, FTA, FMEA, FMEDA, DFA

• Experience working with ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 standards

This is a Home Based position with some travel expectations to customer sites

What we offer:

• Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career . The estimated salary range for this position is $120,000 to $145,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

Learn More:

Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com (https://www.ul.com/healthcare-and-life-sciences)

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.