Systems Engineer - Rigs Integration

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Systems Engineer in the Defence Rigs team, playing a vital role in testing next-generation aerospace technologies. This full-time hybrid role offers excellent development opportunities and the chance to work on critical national programmes like Tempest. You'll collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, managing complex systems and ensuring effective integration. The inclusive culture supports your career growth with exceptional benefits.

Benefits

Excellent development opportunities

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits including bonus

Employee support assistance

Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience delivering systems engineering solutions in complex technical environments.
• Proficiency in requirements capture, interface management, validation & verification.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the key interface between rig delivery teams, designers, and customers.
• Managing system-level requirements, interfaces, and technical issues.
• Leading integration of complex test rigs for gas turbine applications.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Systems Engineering

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Rolls Royce

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Bristol, United Kingdom

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14.05.2025

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Job Description:

Job Title: Systems Engineer - Rigs Integration

Working Pattern: Full Time - Hybrid

Working Location: Bristol

When you join as a Systems Engineer in our Defence Rigs team, you'll play a critical role in enabling complex test activity that underpins the development of next-generation aerospace technologies. You'll be central to a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team that supports a variety of programmes across the defence sector and beyond. With increasing demand for our engineering capability, this is an exciting time to join a high-performing team working on critical programmes of national importance.

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 join us on this journey. This role sits within Test & Experimental Engineering - Defence, supporting a broad range of projects within Defence and other sectors, providing exposure to various engineering challenges and technology areas.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, offering a breadth and depth of opportunities for your career growth and impact. This role offers the chance to work on flagship programmes such as Tempest (Global Combat Air Programme) and beyond. As a Systems Engineer, you'll enable testing of new technologies through full lifecycle rig delivery—from requirements capture and interface management to systems-level integration, commissioning, and issue resolution.

What we offer

• Excellent development opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Exceptional benefits including bonus, employee support assistance, and discounts

Our hybrid working model allows flexibility to balance office, home, or remote work, with an expectation to attend the workplace approximately three days a week for collaboration and specific tasks.

Responsibilities include:

• Acting as the key interface between rig delivery teams, designers, and customers
• Managing system-level requirements, interfaces, and technical issues
• Leading integration of complex test rigs for gas turbine and future technology applications
• Supporting programmes such as Tempest and innovative R&T work

Candidate requirements:

• Experience delivering systems engineering solutions in complex technical environments
• Proficiency in requirements capture, interface management, validation & verification
• Comfort working in ambiguous and evolving environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional activities for integrated rig test solutions

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds, including refugees. To work for Rolls-Royce Defence, you must be eligible for BPSS clearance, with potential to progress to SC clearance. Only UK nationals or dual nationals in MoD-approved cases are eligible. The closing date is 26/05/2025.