Software Engineer-Aerospace Controls

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer-Aerospace Controls

Working Pattern: Full-time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

The ACaMS Program Team has been chartered with the design/development/realization of the next generation aero engine control system. The ACaMS system will deliver world class efficiency, improved diagnostics, cyber threat protection via a modern architectural solution. ACaMS will serve a wide range of gas turbine engines/applications across the Rolls-Royce portfolio. The ACaMS team scope includes a wide variety of components within the control system including the Computing System, Health Monitoring System and the integration of the Hydromechanical and Sensing/Control components. The ACaMS team consists of a wide variety of functional team members including Embedded Systems, Software, and Electronics Designers as well as Safety, Certification, Quality, Component and Applications Engineers.

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:

• Develop safety-critical gas turbine engine control software to DO-178C compliance objectives
• Software architecting support to enable software-to-software integration a testing, to include product line methodologies
• Develop and modify processes and methods to enable the team to achieve compliance objectives and optimal development pace
• Setting up and modifying continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) frameworks, to enable software development to be easily worked by the development team
• Liaison with certification airworthiness authorities to explain approaches, demonstrate compliance to objectives, and close out audit findings

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 Engineering or STEM fields with 1+ years of experience in software development or testing, OR
• Master's degree in Engineering or STEM fields OR
• PhD in Engineering or STEM.
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• 2+ years' experience in embedded safety critical software engineering
• Relevant engineering degree(s) in order of preference: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Familiarity with model-based software design and code generation
• Experience using a DO-178 compliant software coding process
• Control systems experience
• Digital logic design experience
• Experience with verification and testing frameworks

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 or home. 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.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Global Grade 9

Closing date: December 31st, 2025

Job Category

Digital

Job Posting Date

20 Nov 2025; 00:11

Pay Range

$70,629 - $114,772-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, 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.

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