Senior Control System Engineer – Certification Liaison

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Control System Engineer – Certification Liaison

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid working)

Rolls-Royce is looking for a Senior Control System Certification Engineer to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on flagship Rolls-Royce programs and play a vital role in solving some of the most complex and interesting technological challenges in the industry while being part of a global, multi-disciplinary team.

As a Senior Control System Certification Engineer, you will be the owner of obtaining certification authority approval of the control system, software, and airborne electronic hardware aspects of engine certification. To be successful you must use guidance from the appropriate revision of DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754 and supporting supplements. You will be responsible for communicating the certification approach, and the planning and compliance substantiation for the system, software, and airborne electronic hardware. You will coordinate the phases of the certification liaison process and the audits where the certification life cycle data is reviewed with the certification authority. This includes the development of planning baselines and incremental certifications i.e., changes to a previously developed control system, software, or airborne electronic hardware.

You will have the opportunity to travel up to 10% to support certification events.

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:

• 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.

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, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering with 2+ years of ARP 4754 certification experience, OR
• Master’s degree