Senior Control System Engineer – Certification Liaison

Rolls-Royce • Indianapolis, IN

28d • Hybrid

About The Position

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Senior Control System Certification Engineer to join their growing team in Indianapolis, IN. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on flagship Rolls-Royce programs and address complex technological challenges within a global, multi-disciplinary team. The primary responsibility of this position is to obtain certification authority approval for the control system, software, and airborne electronic hardware aspects of engine certification. This involves utilizing guidance from DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754, and supporting supplements. The engineer will be responsible for communicating the certification approach, planning, and compliance substantiation for the system, software, and airborne electronic hardware. Key duties include coordinating the phases of the certification liaison process and audits where certification life cycle data is reviewed with the certification authority, including the development of planning baselines and incremental certifications. The position may require up to 10% travel to support certification events. Rolls-Royce is a renowned brand, a leader in innovation for over a century, designing, building, and servicing systems that provide critical power with paramount safety and reliability. The company is committed to fostering a welcoming and innovative work environment, investing in employee growth, and has been recognized as a top employer for engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2+ years of ARP 4754 certification experience, OR Master’s degree in in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, OR PhD in degree in in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Experience with military qualification and/or FAA certification of airborne systems
• To be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of ARP 4754, DO-178, or DO-254 certification experience along with application of agile development methods to deliver engineering work products
• Gas turbine engine, propulsion, or electrical control system experience
• Demonstrated experience safety critical certification liaison
• Experience developing model-based systems with digital engineering toolsets (MATLAB, Simulink and/or similar)
• Experience with Cameo Systems Modeler (MagicDraw) or similar SysML modelling software
• Experience with DO-331 Model Based Development as well as experience with CAST-32A Multi-Core Processor Position Paper
• Understanding of IEEE 1633 Recommended Practice on Software Reliability
• Understanding of DO-326 & DO-356 or Risk Management Framework (RMF) Security aspects of certification

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with certification authority and Rolls-Royce stakeholders to agree scope and deliverables for each stage of involvement by the certification authority.
• Work with a cross-functional team to establish the highest standards of technical capability, quality, professionalism, and teamwork to establish plans standards and procedures for developing work products of safety critical applications as per ARP4754A, DO-178C and DO-254.
• Establishing communication and understanding between the control system development team, the Rolls-Royce compliance authority and the certification authority on the certification approach, planning and compliance substantiation for the control system.
• Collaborate with the development team leaders to ensure that certification plans are followed, and certification evidence is available at all phases of development.
• Communicate the scope of certification events to the development team and review deliverables and presentations for compliance to applicable plans and standards.
• Liaise with Rolls-Royce compliance and certification authorities to establish expectations and establish agreement to address findings, actions and comments.

Benefits

• excellent development opportunities
• competitive salary
• exceptional benefits
• bonus
• employee support assistance
• employee discounts
• Relocation assistance
• base pay
• discretionary bonus plan
• health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending account
• health savings account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• certain paid holidays
• paid parental and family care leave
• tuition reimbursement
• long-term incentive plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees