
Engineer - Power Distribution/Circuit Protection
Durham, NC · HybridFull-time$75–85K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Engineer supports product testing and certification projects by conducting technical evaluations, coordinating laboratory testing, and assessing compliance with UL standards. The role manages project scope and timelines, communicates technical issues and results to clients, and provides guidance throughout certification. Training is provided, and the posting is open to fresh graduates as well as candidates with experience.
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Supports product testing and certification projects by conducting technical evaluations, coordinating lab testing, and ensuring compliance with UL standards.
Works directly with customers, manages project timelines, prepares reports, and provides technical guidance throughout the certification process.
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Determines project scope, develops a preliminary plan of investigation, and determines project specifications such as cost, time, and sample requirements by analyzing client input, available supplemental data, and product construction.
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Projects may include travel to conduct or witness tests at client sites. Initiates communication with clients to promote and explain the benefits of new and existing services.
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Follows up on contacts from clients.
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Communicates with clients to discuss technical issues, explain UL procedures and requirements, convey project cost, and negotiate completion date and sample requirements.
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Acts to address client concerns and to resolve client issues.
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Provides technical assistance to clients in reference to product inspection and follow-up services. Establishes appropriate test programs by reviewing files and manufacturer's information, examining samples, and applying UL requirements.
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Is familiar with applicable standards, company manuals and appropriate technical literature.
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Examines samples for compliance with UL requirements and notifies client of any areas in which the product is not in compliance or of any changes in project scope or specifications.
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Coordinates laboratory activities by preparing data sheets and instructions to technicians, scheduling and reviewing work of laboratory technicians and engineering assistants and establishing completion dates.
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Coordinates administrative aspects of project management.
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May serve as Project Handler of record and/or Reviewer of record as assigned.
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Communicates project status and results to clients through frequent contact and by preparing reports.
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Prepares Follow-Up Service Procedures and information pages.
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Integrates continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job.
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Resolves engineering issues associated with Variation Notices by analyzing and reporting on the acceptability of the variations.
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Assists in the development of UL requirements.
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Assists in developing special test methods and test equipment.
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Analyzes test program for adequacy and sequence.
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May coordinate and/or perform File Reviews, as directed.
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May represent UL at industry related functions such as seminars and trade shown. Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
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Performs other duties as directed.
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Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or chemical engineering.
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Open to fresh graduates and candidates with experience.
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Approximately 0–2+ years of experience.
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Customer-facing experience is a plus.
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Training will be provided.
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Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
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 $75,000- $85000 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 5% 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 and personal days (totaling 12 days), and sick time off (72 hours).
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Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit our company page www.UL.com
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A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:
Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,674 open Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$75–85K/yr
- North Carolina median$108–173K/yr105 salary ranges
- US median$117–193K/yr4,272 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $80K, is 44% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($143K) — in the lowest quarter of Engineering salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 196 open Engineering jobs in North Carolina and 7,674 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- CDM Smith16 open
- Trane Technologies9 open
- Eaton Corporation8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 5,279 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,128 of the 7,674 open Engineering jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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