What you will be doing
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Electrical Systems Engineer to join our growing team, working on a technology development and demonstrator programme for a more-electric power and propulsion platform in advance of a New Product Introduction programme. Projects include concept architecture studies, electrical system design, modelling, simulation, prototype development and full-scale product demonstrators. Currently we have applications that are considering power levels from a few kW up to several MW supported by voltage levels up to ~5kV. This is an ideal opportunity to help develop cutting-edge electrical technology for a wide range of aerospace applications.
In the role of Electrical Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for analysing, developing, and demonstrating new electrical power system technologies for customers across all of our business sectors. You will contribute to the company's electrical systems technology strategy and coordinate research activities through our Electrical Technology Partners in the UK and globally. Working with internal supply chain units, you will also assist with the development of our future supply chain for electrical commodities.
Key responsibilities
Strategy: Identifying, developing, and implementing innovative technology solutions in the areas of power generation and distribution. Develop clear, comprehensive product specifications and performance requirements with input as necessary from mechanical, electrical and systems teams as well as partners and suppliers as appropriate
- Project Definition: Leads the definition of electrical projects including capturing requirements, creating proposals, achieving stakeholder approval, acquiring funding and aligning partner support.
- Problem Solving: Leads the resolution of new and emerging technical, compliance and business problems using analytical processes and professional judgement.
- Collaboration: Proactively accesses internal and external networks of fellow specialists to further the understanding of the specialist subject; supports the implementation of strategic collaborative relationships.
- Leadership: Provides technical direction to peers and more junior professionals, and technical leadership to teams and projects within their specialism.
- People Capability: Supports the definition of skill and professional knowledge within their area of specialism; identifies, co-ordinates and delivers training; supports the development of others; provides active mentoring.
- Standards Definition: Ensures appropriate policies, standards and best practices are defined, shared and adopted
- Knowledge Sharing: Leads the sharing of Best Practice; represents the area as an authority in their defined subject; provides concise justification for decisions; records and captures salient information in reports and systems
Who we’re looking for:
- Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or other national equivalent, higher degree preferred) with a background in aerospace electrical systems
- Experience in writing technical documents such as hardware requirements and specifications, product design specifications, test specifications, schematic, board level design details etc.
- Experience of developing, implementing and validating electrical power systems and sub-systems that integrate electrical machines, AC-AC / AC-DC and DC-DC conversion stages that will connect to a grid and/or other loads via distribution system.
- An awareness of the analyses required to support electrical system architecture definition (for example Electrical Load Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis) and an understanding of the impact of the choice of electrical system architecture on the electrical components and adjacent systems, and the collective impact on the product.
- A systems-thinking mindset and an understanding of systems engineering processes, tools and industry standards (ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, ARP4754 etc…) for development of complex aerospace systems. Experience in applying Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) preferred.
- An awareness of safety and reliability methods as applied to novel systems concepts (e.g FHA, DFMEA, HAZOP analysis) is preferred.
Regional Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave
- Retirement Savings through the Rolls‑Royce Retirement Savings Trust
- Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls‑Royce
- Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
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Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls‑Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
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What you will be doing:
You will be responsible for leading and strengthening the Mechanical Engineering capability to meet current and future business needs.
In this role you will:
- Lead, develop and engage assigned Engineering personnel to deliver against current and future business requirements.
- Deploy assigned staff to approved business activities and technical programmes, ensuring capability is effectively utilised.
- Provide technical leadership to the Mechanical Engineering resource group and ensure compliance to process throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Create and maintain robust resource plans to meet overall delivery commitments, balancing load, capacity, skills and priorities.
- Ensure sufficient resource is available through recruitment and subcontract (in line with Company manpower policy) to meet programme needs, budgets and forecasts.
- Own and support definition of the relevant section of the Engineering strategy and/or programme, ensuring the required capabilities and resources to deliver it are identified.
- Lead and manage functional interfaces, ensuring appropriate reviews take place throughout the engineering lifecycle with the right specialists and leaders engaged.
- Ensure the highest professional standards are met through agreed Corporate methodologies and processes, providing checks and balances to satisfy regulatory and business requirements.
- Drive effective performance management, ensuring clear objectives are set through the Business Plan Deployment Process.
- Lead and develop team members within and beyond their disciplines, including individual and professional development, training, performance and reward management, HSE and security.
- Ensure staff are suitably qualified and experienced, sustaining future skills through multi-skilling, staff rotation and effective use of competency framework tools and professional networks/standards.
- Contribute to current and future business strategy and programme requirements, supporting budget, load and capacity activities.
- Act as the focal point for communication within and on behalf of the resource group, ensuring alignment and clarity across stakeholders.
- Ensure effective knowledge management through knowledge capture, lessons learned and best practice guides, encouraging knowledge sharing within the group and beyond.
- Lead and drive efficiency through process review, teamwork and continuous improvement, embedding operational best practice across the capability area.
- Where appropriate, own the relationship between engineering and the supply chain, ensuring it is effectively managed and integrated.
- Apply Health, Safety and the Environment policy with a clear commitment to continuous improvement.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls‑Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Specifically, a Capability Manager (Mechanical) must:
- Be qualified to degree level (or equivalent) in a Mechanical Engineering discipline, with the credibility to lead a Mechanical Engineering capability area.
- Demonstrate sound engineering judgement, with an understanding of sector customers and programmes, and the ability to provide clear technical leadership.
- Demonstrate effective leadership and engineering skills, with a track record of building high-performing teams and creating a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours.
- Have experience of creating and managing resource plans to meet delivery commitments, including workforce planning across skills, priorities and budgets.
- Understand Company Quality policies and lifecycle processes deployed within the resource group, ensuring compliance and effective governance.
- Be experienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving measurable business improvements through continuous improvement and operational best practice.
- Communicate clearly and confidently, acting as a focal point for the resource group and influencing stakeholders across engineering and the wider business.
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What you will be doing:
Working in accordance with relevant engineering processes and standards, the engineer may perform or coordinate tasks at all stages of the lifecycle of the product, such as:
- System architecture design, analysis, and allocation of functional and safety requirements.
- Assess design specifications and work with the supply-chain to procure compliant hardware and software solutions.
- Interpret customer and derived requirements, definitions and validate for the system or product.
- Software design, coding, review, test (across a range of platforms including PLCs, Real-Time Embedded Controllers and Human-Machine Interface panels).
- Conducting systems verification, compliance, and regulatory qualification.
- Supporting the Installation, commissioning, In-Service diagnostic, and modification of systems.
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.
- Hold a degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant engineering subject, such as Systems Engineering, Controls, Electronics or Software Engineering.
- Have knowledge of structured engineering processes in a regulated industry.
- Be able to work as a member of the team to deliver Product Development or Application Engineering solutions to meet business project needs and deadlines.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication/influencing skills, being able to clearly and effectively articulate ideas, plans and priorities to engineers of other disciplines.
It would be advantageous if you:
- Have experience in structured software programming to a recognised standard, in the form of at least one of the following:
- PLC programming, particularly Siemens Simatic S7 to Level 2 or above.
- Model-Based Software Development using the Mathworks toolsuite (Matlab, Simulink, etc.)
- Hand-coding for embedded systems, in C, C++ or similar
- Have experience of developing high integrity systems in line with IEC 61508 or similar standard (including Aerospace equivalents)
- Are professionally registered as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer or be working towards gaining a professional status.
- Are willing to travel on occasion, to support integration or commissioning activity at Supplier or Customer facility.
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