Engineering Director

** Job Description
** We have an exciting opportunity for an
** Engineering Director
** atUL Research Institutes.
** This is a remote position.
** The Engineering Director for the Digital Safety team will lead a growing team of software and AI engineers and evaluators to modernize the AI/digital testing and evaluation ecosystem – so that the safety of digital services can be assessed at the speed of relevance. The Engineering Director will work closely with independent review organizations and auditors to define DSRI’s research role in helping to modernize the greater AI/digital test and auditing ecosystem.  

The Engineering Director works closely with other ULRI directors, leaders, and colleagues across the UL research organizations to advance the mission and growth of the Digital Safety team.
** UL Research Institutes:
** At UL Research Institutes (ULRI), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.

Build a safer, more secure, and sustainable future with us. Join us and work with our Digital Safety, Research Institute teams who conduct the research required to produce that knowledge and put into practice.
** Digital Safety Research Institute:
** The Digital Safety Research Institute (DSRI) addresses unresolved safety risks and emerging dangers in the world’s digital ecosystem. We aim to help protect people from unwanted access to personal devices and privacy, algorithm, and disinformation threats by working to create a new digital safety ecosystem.

DSRI is committed to sharing digital safety insights, collaborating with key stakeholders, and offering extensive outreach and education to help support safer digital environments for people everywhere.
** What you’ll learn and achieve:
** As the
** Engineering Director,
** you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:
* Lead the software engineering across the Digital Safety Research Institute, focused on creating open-source tools for advanced independent auditing and testing.
* Use advanced independent auditing and testing tools to create experimental assessments of rapidly advancing AI/digital systems.
* In collaboration with the Executive Director of Digital Safety teams, define key performance indicators (KPIs), focused on AI/digital service testing and public risk management, and build in KPI measurements into the engineering process to assess teams’ performance
* Hire, lead, and develop a team of high-performing AI and software engineers to build prototype platforms and tools to test and evaluate AI/digital systems.
* Define and manage ULRI’s Digital Safety teams’ digital infrastructure needs to support research and engineering efforts
* Manage software engineering resources to ensure that minimum viable products and updates with KPIs deliver on-time and within budget.
* Collaborate with ULRI’s Digital Safety leadership in strategic planning and the annual budget processes.
** What you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes:
** We have pursued our mission of working for a safer, more secure, and sustainable world for nearly 130 years, embedding conscientious stewardship into everything we do.
* ** People**:
Our people make us special. You’ll work with a diverse team of experts respected for their independence and transparency and build a network, because our approach is collaborative. We collaborate across disciplines, organizations, and geographies to build the global scientific response that today’s global challenges require.
* ** Interesting work**:
Every day is different for us here. We see what’s on the horizon and use our expertise to build the foundations of a safer future. You’ll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of human understanding as part of a team working to advance the public good.
* ** Grow and achieve**:
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