Electrical Systems Engineer

Rolls Royce
Derby, Derbyshire
10 months ago
Posted
2 Jul 2025 (10 months ago)

Job Description

Control Systems Engineer

Full time

Derby

This position is being advertised to form a pipeline of candidates for current and future positions within Civil Aerospace, therefore applicants should not expect feedback immediately. However, we will endeavour to review your CV in a timely manner.

What you will be doing

The Controls Systems Engineer shall specify, design and validate complex sub-systems, including high-level requirements for the software and / or hardware system components, this will include creation of mathematical models and simulations of control and actuation systems.

The Controls Systems Engineer is responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of the controls sub-system and the artefacts associated with the design, verification and validation of the system. This shall be achieved through decomposition of designs and development of tests, analysis to ensure that the system implementation satisfies the validated requirements.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Responsibilities

Interpret stakeholder needs to develop and agree control system requirementsDevelop high level requirements into a validated ad verifiable control and instrumentation system design.Test and analyse control systems to support development and certification activities of safety critical systems.Analyse events and data to support failure investigation and rectificationSupport the wider organisation through continuous improvement and strategic planning.
Who we're looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Highly self-motivated and directed, with strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail.Professional courage to highlight areas of concern and risk ensuring suitability of a product to meet its requirements in a safe and functionally appropriate way.A demonstrated ability to manage tasks to completion within a team-oriented, collaborative environment or as a sole contributor on identified projects.Good time management skills able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. Dynamically respond to evolving objectives and emerging opportunities.Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, able to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.Keen to develop capability through appropriate training courses and workshops.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Closing date: 9th July 2025

Job Category

Software Systems

Posting Date

25 Jun 2025; 00:06

Posting End Date

09 Jul 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Control Systems Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX

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