Job Description

Control System Verification Engineer

Full time

Derby / Solihull

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

As a Controls Systems Engineer, you will be part of the Software Systems Capability function. You will specify, verify 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.

You will be responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of the controls sub-system and the artefacts associated with the integration, 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

Creates approved requirement verification strategies that demonstrate the system requirements via the most suitable verification method (or methods).
Allocates control system requirements to test vehicles defined in the verification plan.
Analyses the control system for functional behaviour, which may include modelling and simulation to demonstrate that the design meets the high-level requirements.
Develops and reviews control system tests that will provide evidence to demonstrate that the control system requirements have been satisfied.
Executes the control system tests in the test platform and documents the verification evidence and system configuration used to produce the test results.
Analyses verification test results against control system requirements and provides a valid verdict.
Provides targeted testing of control system functionality to support problem investigation, problem closures and customer issues.
Liaises with other disciplines to understand problem reports and system functionality to facilitate root cause analysis and effective system development process.
Engages with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to deliver the control verification work products that support system releases.
May be required to participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for the department, in conjunction with the department managers.
May be required to develop, implement, document, and maintain policies, procedures, associated guidelines, tools and training as required.
Ensures robust and optimal (weight, cost, etc) problem solutions through the effective application of appropriate engineering tools and applicable processes.
Working with the guidance of Control System Specialists to define solutions to departmental integration and verification capability related problems.

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.

Working knowledge of domain plant and platform interfaces, component technology and behaviour during normal and abnormal operation, verification objectives per aerospace industry standards, verification vehicles, controls design, system architecture, software and/or hardware architecture, and software and hardware development process constraints.
Proficient in design and analysis tools. This can include an appreciation of the tools and what can be achieved through them.
Professional courage to highlight areas of concern and risk regarding suitability of a product to meet its requirements in a safe and functionally appropriate way.
An ability to interpret test results and provide an informed opinion or conclusion as to the outcome of the analysis. This includes an understanding of measurement uncertainty.
A demonstrated ability to manage tasks to completion ensuring that the relevant areas of the business are appropriately informed.

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

Job Category

Software Systems