Principal Engineer - Digital AI, Consumer TIC
At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at UL Solutions. Northbrook · $155,000–$250,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Guide technical work across AI governance, cloud and enterprise AI, generative systems, agents, and lifecycle assurance
- Turn new technologies, rules, standards, and customer needs into scalable AI evaluation and assurance services
- Test AI systems for failure modes and control gaps across reliability, fairness, privacy, security, and related risks
- Develop evaluation methods, controls, and assurance frameworks that make governance and model-risk rules practical
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as computer science, software engineering, or data science
- At least fifteen years in relevant technology domains, including five or more years working directly with AI
- Experience converting AI governance, model-risk, and regulatory needs into practical assurance methods or customer services
- You can evaluate AI systems, find risks and control gaps, and apply testing approaches such as benchmarking and red teaming
Who this fits
This senior technical leadership role suits someone who can shape AI assurance services and engage technical and business stakeholders. It requires three onsite days each week at a UL office; remote work may be considered if you do not live near one.
From the employer
Principal Engineer - Digital AI, Consumer TIC serves as the Global Subject Matter Expert for Digital AI technologies, enabling UL Solutions to develop standards, certification, assurance, training, advisory, and assessment services across digital AI systems. This role provides technical leadership for AI governance, enterprise and cloud AI, predictive and Generative AI, foundation and frontier models, AI agents and agentic workflows, multi-agent systems, and AI lifecycle assurance. The position translates emerging technologies, regulations, standards, and customer needs into scalable UL Solutions offerings that strengthen the company's AI standards and services portfolio.
This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days onsite in any UL office globally. Remote will be considered for candidates not local to an office.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
15+ years of technical experience in software platforms, cloud systems, AI/ML systems, cybersecurity, technology risk, model lifecycle management, digital assurance, or related technology domains, including 5+ years of direct experience working with AI technologies.
Demonstrated experience translating AI governance, model risk management, and regulatory requirements into practical evaluation methodologies, controls, assurance frameworks, certification programs, or customer-facing services.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate and test AI systems and identify failure modes, risks, and control gaps, including model performance, transparency, traceability, explainability, reliability, robustness, human-in-the-loop controls, fairness and bias, privacy, security, accountability, and operational resilience.
Working knowledge of AI evaluation and testing methodologies, including benchmarking, scenario-based testing, red teaming, bias and fairness evaluation, robustness testing, model monitoring, and assessment of risk-mitigation controls.
Working knowledge of predictive AI and machine learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), foundation and frontier models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, multi-agent systems, and associated technical, operational, and governance risks, including hallucinations, prompt injection, jailbreaks, data leakage, model drift, unsafe actions, and output reliability.
Strong presentation, technical writing, thought leadership, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
Preferred to Have
Advanced degree in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical discipline.
Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, standards, and emerging global AI regulatory requirements.
Experience developing or applying standards, conformity assessment methodologies, certification programs, audit frameworks, testing approaches, technical requirements, or commercial services for emerging technologies.
Demonstrated ability to influence customers, regulators, standards committees, industry forums, cross-functional business leaders, and technical stakeholders.
What we offer:
- US 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 $155,000-$250,000 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).
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