Aerospace Controls Software Engineer — Safety-Critical

Rolls-Royce Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Discretionary bonus plan

401(k) retirement savings plan with a

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer for aerospace controls in a hybrid role (Reston, VA on-site majority). You will develop safety-critical engine control software and support DO-178C compliance across the software life cycle.

The position emphasizes CI/CD, model-based design with Simulink, and collaboration with certification authorities. Qualified candidates have engineering degrees with software experience, and knowledge of Python, C, C++, and Groovy is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (STEM) with 2+ years of software engineering or testing experience, or Master’s/PhD with related software work.
• Experience developing safety-critical embedded software and DO-178C knowledge is preferred.
• Model-based design using Simulink is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop safety-critical gas turbine engine control software to DO-178C compliance objectives.
• Provide software architecture support for software-to-software integration and testing.
• Set up and modify CI/CD frameworks to streamline development.
• Coordinate with airworthiness authorities to demonstrate compliance and close audit findings.

Skills

Embedded software

Software engineering

Python

C

C++

Groovy

Simulink

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (STEM)

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

Simulink

Jenkins

Python

C

C++

Job description

Rolls-Royce Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer for aerospace controls in a hybrid role (Reston, VA on-site majority). You will develop safety-critical engine control software and support DO-178C compliance across the software life cycle.

The position emphasizes CI/CD, model-based design with Simulink, and collaboration with certification authorities. Qualified candidates have engineering degrees with software experience, and knowledge of Python, C, C++, and Groovy is a plus.