System Design Engineer

Electrical Systems Engineer

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.

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 and 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.

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. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

What you will be doing

• 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 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.

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.

To work on Defence project, you will need to be UK based, have the right to work in UK, not be a US national and have been cleared through the company's BPSS checks (Baseline Personnel Security Standard up to OS). Rolls-Royce will support the application for BPSS if you don't currently already have this in place.

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.