Senior Systems LiftSystem Engineer (F-35B)

Job Title: Senior Systems LiftSystem Engineer (F-35B)

Working Pattern: Full-time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid Schedule-3 days onsite minimum)

As the Senior Systems LiftSystem Engineer (F-35B) you will be part of the Software Systems Capability function and will be responsible for supporting the programs actuation, control, and hydraulic/fueldraulic systems. You will also support the system software through customer interfaces and test support. You will also work closely with service engineering, design, and production to conduct in-service fleet and production investigations while using a variety of data sources to proactively identify potential issues and improve the products’ design.

You will specify, design, and validate complex sub-systems, including high-level requirements for the software and/or hardware system components. This includes creation of mathematical models and simulations of control and actuation systems.  You will also be responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of the controls sub-system and the artifacts associated with the design, verification, and validation of the system. You will achieve this through decomposition of designs, development of tests, and analysis to ensure that the system implementation satisfies the validated requirements. Travel 10%.

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.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Facilitate structured problem-solving activities to resolve technical issues
• Using fleet, supplier and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) data to proactively identify reliability, obsolescence, or other potential issues
• Designs and implements the control and instrumentation system to meet the high-level requirements and design constraints/standards. Allocate control and instrumentation system requirements to test vehicles defined in the verification plan
• 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.
• Liaises with other disciplines to understand functional performance capabilities of components of the system to facilitate effective component design.
• Preparing and presenting technical data to a wide range of internal and external customers conversations in support of product safety, reliability, and in-service reviews

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.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Systems, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science or STEM related discipline with 2+ years of controls engineering experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Aerospace, Systems, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science or STEM related discipline, OR
• PhD in degree in Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or STEM related discipline.
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Software, system controls or propulsion experience
• Higher level software language experience
• Mechanical and Electric Measurement Tools
• Experience with hydro-mechanical fuel control systems (e.g. pumps, metering units, valves, servo valves, actuators, flow controls, etc.)
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and other problem-solving techniques
• Experience communicating with management, suppliers, universities and external customers, including government officials.
• Experience interpreting field and test results and provide an informed result.

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 and home office. 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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date:  June 30th, 2026

Software Systems18 Jun 2026; 00:06$94,160 - $153,010-AnnuallyIndianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 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; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.