Software Systems Controls Engineer I & II
Listed on 2026-08-17
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Software Systems Controls Engineer I & II
Rolls Royce Washington , VA
NEW
Full Time
Job DescriptionJob Title:
Software System Controls Engineer I & II
Working Pattern:
Hybrid (3 office days a week)
Working
Location:
Reston, VA
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Engineer I & Engineer II
Why Rolls-Royce?At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.
You'll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it's your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world's most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.
In this exciting opportunity, you will work in agile scrum project teams to design, integrate, and test embedded control systems for airborne gas turbine engines. The New Product Introduction (NPI) team is creating the next-generation aero engine control systems, including those for the MQ-25, B-52, and MV-75 aircrafts. The control system development teams consist of a wide variety of functional team members including Embedded Systems, Software, and Electronics Designers as well as Safety, Certification, Quality, Component and Applications Engineers.
Specifically, as part of our system teams, you will focus on defining control system requirements, behavior, and tests to translate customer needs into requirements for components in hardware and software. As part of our software team, you will focus on transforming those system-level component requirements into functional software that is correct and complete, complying with the certification evidence needs for aerospace.
you will be doing:
- Develop safety-critical gas turbine engine control systems with embedded software to satisfy ARP
4754, DO-254, DO-178C, and similar compliance objectives - Integrate hardware and software components within defined architecture that supports the product line methodology
- Test the created embedded control system at component, control system, integrated engine, and aircraft vehicle levels
- Develop and modify processes and methods to enable the team to achieve compliance objectives and optimal development pace
- Setting up and modifying continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) frameworks, to enable software development to be easily worked by the development team
- Liaison with certification airworthiness authorities to explain approaches, demonstrate compliance with objectives, and close out audit findings
- Degree Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (STEM) with 1+ years of experience in electrical, mechanical, software or system engineering OR
- Master's degree in Engineering (STEM) with experience in electrical, mechanical, software or system engineering OR
- PhD in Engineering (STEM)
- Must have experience engineering safety critical control systems with embedded software
- Needs to be familiar with Model-based system and software design using SysML, Simulink
- In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen
- Degree Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (STEM) with 2+ years of experience in electrical, mechanical, software or system engineering OR
- Master's degree in Engineering (STEM) with experience in electrical, mechanical, software or system engineering OR
- PhD in Engineering (STEM)
- Must have experience engineering safety critical control systems with embedded software
- Needs to be familiar with Model-based system and software design using SysML, Simulink
- In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen
- Experience in embedded safety critical control systems and software engineering
- 2+ years desired for Engineer I
- 5+ years desired for Engineer II
- Experience in defining, assessing and modifying…
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