Senior Standards Engineer

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Standards Engineer at UL Standards & Engagement. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Evanston, IL or Raleigh‑Durham, NC. The Senior Standards Engineer will support a diverse portfolio of standards and related initiatives, driving the technical quality, relevance, and integrity of safety standards to advance UL Standards & Engagement’s mission to make the world safer, more secure, and sustainable.

The role serves as a subject‑matter expert across broad technical areas and ensures safety standards are supported through disciplined engineering analysis grounded in credible data, research, and test evidence. The Senior Standards Engineer will apply engineering principles, data inputs, stakeholder insights, and structured technical evaluation to strengthen standards content, identify gaps, support improvements, and help the organization respond to new and emerging technologies.

• Drive continuous improvement of safety standards, technical requirements and related guidance documents through the application of engineering principles and analytical methods.
• Leverage experience in engineering to support project initiatives and serve as technical resource for assigned projects involving new standards development and revision of existing standards.
• Manage end-to-end projects, plan and execute activities across the project lifecycle and ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
• Advance the technical rigor of standards, ensuring requirements are supported by engineering logic, relevant data, appropriate test methodologies, hazard based analysis, and practical implementation considerations.
• Evaluate standards content for technical completeness, consistency and alignment with intended safety outcomes. Review technical proposals, draft revisions and stakeholder inputs to assess safety implications, feasibility and technical validity.
• Analyze products, standards, and testing methodologies to gather insights and inform the preparation and composition of gap analyses, testing procedures and technical reports.
• Provide engineering insight to support the organization’s response to developments in new and emerging technologies, including identifying where current standards may require adaptation, supplementation or new approaches.
• Work cross-functionally with standards development, and engagement teams to ensure alignment with broader organizational priorities.
• Drive collaboration within the team to ensure team-level goal achievement and enable success in effective execution of standards activities.
• Represent the organization as needed at industry related functions, such as seminars, conferences, trade shows, workshops, and technical forums.
• Maintain continued awareness of industry trends and external context related to the portfolio. Stay current with regulatory requirements and compliance frameworks governing public safety.
• Independently execute tasks that range in complexity and scope.
• Perform other duties as directed.

• Advanced application and broad technical knowledge in engineering principles and technical analysis. Ability to apply engineering concepts, practices, and structured approaches to complex safety and standards related issues.
• Broad technical knowledge with capacity to understand products, systems, components, and functional interactions relevant to safety standards development.
• Strong project management skills, with ability to independently manage multi-phase initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Advanced problem-solving skills and experience analyzing and addressing issues with expertise in developing and implementing contingency plans.
• Strong communication, and effective presentation and facilitation skills, with ability to communicate key concepts and information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Positive and collaborative interpersonal skills, with proven capability in fostering collaboration and partnership across teams to develop solutions with broad impact.
• Strategic thinker with ability to innovate and adapt in a dynamic industry landscape.