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.
This role offers the opportunity to work on flagship programmes such as the Global Combat Air Programme and beyond. As a Systems Engineer, you’ll play a key role in enabling the testing of new technologies through full lifecycle rig delivery—from requirements capture and interface management through to systems-level integration, commissioning, and issue resolution.
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.
What you will be doing
With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to
Act as the key interface between rig delivery teams, designers, and customers
Manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and emergent technical issues
Lead integration of complex test rigs for a wide variety of gas turbine and future technology applications
Support cutting-edge programmes including GCAP and innovative R&T work
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.
To be successful in this role you will need to
Have experience delivering systems engineering solutions in a complex technical environment
Demonstrate capability in requirements capture, interface management, and validation & verification
Be comfortable working in an ambiguous and evolving environment
Possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Be able to coordinate cross-functional activity to deliver integrated rig test solutions
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
To work for Rolls-Royce Defence, you must be eligible to obtain a SC(Baseline clearance to start. Due to the nature of the work, we can only progress applications from individuals who are UK nationals or, in MoD-approved cases, dual nationals.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
Job Category
Validation and Verification
Posting Date
03 Nov 2026; 00:11
Posting End Date
16 Nov 2026
