Aerospace Test Data & Systems Engineer

Rolls-royce; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings through Rolls‑Royce

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares – matched

Digital GP

Employee Assistance (EAP)

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking software and systems engineers to design, deliver and support next‑gen aerospace test facilities. The role, based in Derby with global travel, focuses on software developed by the team to test gas turbine engines for Civil and Defence use.

You will work on automated testing, data acquisition, and integration of IT systems, while applying DevOps and Agile practices to deliver reliable, scalable solutions across Rolls‑Royce test beds and facilities.

Qualifications

• Software testing and test automation experience.
• Experience in scripting and languages such as Python, C/C++, C#, Java, Terraform.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure: Windows/Linux, servers and networks.
• Knowledge of systems engineering and requirements capture/analysis.
• Experience building Azure build and release pipelines.
• Automated UI testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Build automated test frameworks.
• Develop applications and data pipelines.
• Integrate IT systems including networks, data movement and storage.
• Support design and integration of new measurement and control solutions, including high speed data acquisition.
• Utilise DevOps to perform CI/CD within an Agile framework.
• Capture and analyse requirements and prepare system specifications.
• Implement and drive cyber security best practices.

Skills

Software testing

Test automation

Python

C/C++

C#

Java

Terraform

Azure CI/CD

Windows

Linux

Systems Engineering

DevOps

Agile

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

SonarQube

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines tooling

Job description

Rolls-Royce is seeking software and systems engineers to design, deliver and support next‑gen aerospace test facilities. The role, based in Derby with global travel, focuses on software developed by the team to test gas turbine engines for Civil and Defence use.

You will work on automated testing, data acquisition, and integration of IT systems, while applying DevOps and Agile practices to deliver reliable, scalable solutions across Rolls‑Royce test beds and facilities.