Senior Consultant - Automotive Software / Functional Safety

UL, LLC; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellness benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

UL Solutions is seeking a Functional Safety Expert with strong embedded software, electronic system, and safety development experience to train, advise, and support customers developing safety-critical systems. The role covers safety work products for automotive platforms, ADAS and automated driving, battery management, power electronics, and related applications.

Familiarity with ISO 21448 (SOTIF), ISO 8800, ISO 42001, ISO 21434, IEC 62508 is beneficial while you lead safety analyses and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in automotive functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and review of functional safety work products per ISO 26262 and related standards.
• Develop safety concepts and architectures for vehicle systems, electronics, and software-controlled features.
• Define and decompose safety requirements based on system, hardware, and software architectures.
• Perform safety analyses including FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA, and related methods.
• Support safety case development and evidence-based safety argumentation.
• Lead technical workshops, training sessions, and safety gap assessments.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and guide safety development activities.
• Support safety-related activities across embedded software, hardware, and system development efforts.

Skills

ISO 26262

Embedded software

Safety analyses

Technical leadership

Customer advisory

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

FTA

STPA

HARA

Job description

UL Solutions is seeking a Functional Safety Expert with strong embedded software, electronic system, and safety development experience. The ideal candidate has hands‑on product development experience and deep expertise in ISO 26262, allowing them to use their expertise to train, advise, and support customers developing safety‑critical systems.

This role includes creating and reviewing functional safety work products for a wide range of technologies, including electrified vehicle platforms, ADAS and automated driving systems, battery management systems, power electronics, industrial automation equipment, aerospace, and other complex safety‑related applications.

While the primary focus of this role is automotive functional safety, familiarity with related standards such as ISO 21448 (SOTIF), ISO 8800, ISO 42001, ISO 21434, IEC 62508 is beneficial.

• Lead the development and review of functional safety work products in compliance with ISO 26262 and related standards.
• Create or support activities focused on ISO 26262 Parts 2/3/4/6
• Develop safety concepts and architectures for vehicle systems, electronic components, and software‑controlled features.
• Define and decompose safety requirements based on system, hardware, and software architectures.
• Perform safety analyses including FMEA, FTA, DFA, STPA, and related methods.
• Support safety case development and evidence‑based safety argumentation.
• Perform technical reviews, confirmation measures, compliance assessments, and safety evaluations.
• Lead technical workshops, training sessions, and safety gap assessments.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, leading technical discussions and providing guidance on safety development activities.
• Support safety‑related activities across embedded software, hardware, and system development efforts.
• Limited travel may be required to support client engagements, workshops, and assessments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in automotive functional safety.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 26262 and the functional safety lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience in embedded software, electronic system, hardware, or product development.
• Experience developing functional safety work products, including HARA, safety concepts, safety requirements, FMEA, and FTA.
• Ability to independently lead technical discussions with customers and engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADAS, automated driving systems, chassis systems, battery management systems, or electrified vehicle platforms.
• Experience supporting functional safety assessments, audits, or safety case development.
• Familiarity with ISO 21448 (SOTIF), ISO/PAS 8800, ISO 42001, ISO 21434, IEC 62508 or similar safety standards.
• Consulting or customer‑facing engineering experience.

What you’ll experience working for ULS

UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.

That’s where you come in — because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem‑solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.

This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.

Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.

Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.

Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com

Total Rewards

• 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 $150,000 USD 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.

  • health benefits such as medical, dental and vision
  • wellness benefits such as mental and financial health
  • retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country
  • paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday and personal days (totaling 12 days) and sick time off (72 hours)

Applications must be received by 2/23/27

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.