Systems Engineer - Rigs Integration

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Systems Engineer – Rigs Integration in Bristol. The role is full-time and hybrid, offering exposure to flagship programmes like GCAP and a broad range of defence engineering challenges.

You will manage system-level requirements, integrate complex test rigs, and act as the key interface among delivery teams, designers, and customers while contributing to cutting-edge research and development initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering systems engineering solutions in a complex technical environment.
• Ability to capture requirements, manage interfaces, and validate systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the key interface between rig delivery teams, designers, and customers.
• Manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and emergent technical issues.
• Lead integration of complex test rigs for gas turbine and future technology applications.
• Support cutting-edge programmes including GCAP and R&T work.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements capture

Interface management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Systems Engineer – Rigs Integration

Full Time - Hybrid

Bristol

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.

This role sits within Test & Experimental Engineering – Defence, where you’ll be part of the Bristol Rigs team. The team supports a broad range of projects within Defence but also has reach across other sectors, giving you exposure to a wide range of 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, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This role offers the opportunity to work on flagship programmes such as the Global Combat Air Programme and beyond. As a Systems Engineer, you’ll play a key role in enabling the testing of new technologies through full lifecycle rig delivery—from requirements capture and interface management through to systems-level integration, commissioning, and issue resolution.

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, home, or another remote location. 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.

What you will be doing

• Act as the key interface between rig delivery teams, designers, and customers
• Manage system-level requirements, interfaces, and emergent technical issues
• Lead integration of complex test rigs for a wide variety of gas turbine and future technology applications
• Support cutting-edge programmes including GCAP and innovative R&T work

Who we’re looking for

• Have experience delivering systems engineering solutions in a complex technical environment
• Demonstrate capability in requirements capture, interface management, and validation & verification
• Be comfortable working in an ambiguous and evolving environment
• Possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Be able to coordinate cross-functional activity to deliver integrated rig test solutions

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment.

We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving.

We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be.

By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Defence, you must be eligible to obtain a SC(Baseline clearance to start. Due to the nature of the work, we can only progress applications from individuals who are UK nationals or, in MoD-approved cases, dual nationals.