Senior Functional Safety Architect – Autonomy & Cyber

UL, LLC; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental & Vision

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

UL Solutions in Troy, MI seeks a Functional Safety Expert with strong electronics, hardware and software design and safety development experience to create safety work products for vehicle and automation features, including electric and autonomous platforms.

You will lead safety analyses, drive ISO 26262 compliance, and interact with clients. Travel to client sites may be required; this is a full-time role with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• M.S. or B.S. degree in Electrical, Automotive, or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in automotive functional safety roles.
• Experience with safety lifecycle and safety case development.
• Hands-on electronics hardware/software product design.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF) and related standards.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Skills

Functional Safety

ISO 26262

Hazard Analysis

Hardware Design

Software Design

Education

MS or BS in Electrical/Automotive/Mechanical Eng

Tools

FMEA

FMEDA

FTA

STPA

Job description

UL Solutions in Troy, MI seeks a Functional Safety Expert with strong electronics, hardware and software design and safety development experience to create safety work products for vehicle and automation features, including electric and autonomous platforms.

You will lead safety analyses, drive ISO 26262 compliance, and interact with clients. Travel to client sites may be required; this is a full-time role with competitive compensation and benefits.