Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UL Solutions is hiring a Lead Consultant in Functional Safety to develop and review safety work products for vehicle and automation systems. The role leads safety analyses, client programs, technical workshops, and business development activities while advising clients on functional safety standards and practices.
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
Skills
- 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
Benefits
- Eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 10% 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.
- Full-time employees receive paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
- Home Based position with some travel expectations to customer sites.
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