Systems Security Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Relocation assistance

Health benefits

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Systems Security Engineer to secure cyber-physical embedded systems across a range of defense products. You will join a multidisciplinary team and address evolving threats, focusing on security and resilience throughout the product lifecycle.

The role requires a STEM degree with 1+ years of experience or equivalent, the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance, and a willingness to work in a hybrid Indianapolis setting with three in-office days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and 1+ years of experience, or
• Master’s degree in STEM with no experience, or
• PhD in STEM with no experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with core systems security and LibertyWorks teams to define security requirements and resiliency for the system.
• Learn and apply secure cyber-resilient engineering practices across the product lifecycle (requirements, design, build, test, production, operations, support).
• Work with government, customers, suppliers, and industry experts to understand and meet system requirements.
• Create digital models using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) to meet program expectations.
• Develop and promote systems security and resilience best practices across the business.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Systems thinking

Communication

RMF familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

MBSE

Job description

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN (3 days in-office)

Job Title: Systems Security Engineer

We’re looking for a Systems Security Engineer for cyber-physical embedded systems to join our growing team. In this role, your focus will be on helping to secure a range of Roll‑Royce Defense products against an increasingly diverse and complex range of threats. You’ll be part of a multi‑disciplinary team, working together to tackle technical challenges in a stimulating and collaborative environment.

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

• Work with the core systems security and LibertyWorks teams to help determine the technology and processes required to meet customer requirements for system security and resiliency
• Learn secure cyber resilient engineering (SCRE), apply technical knowledge as required throughout the product lifecycle: requirements, design, build, test, production, operations, and support
• Collaborate with government, customers, suppliers, and industry experts to understand and meet system requirements
• Create digital models and use digital tools such as model-based systems engineering (MBSE) to meet program expectations
• Develop and update systems security and resilience good practice and help ensure the techniques, policies, procedures, and knowledge to enable us to implement this good practice across the business

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 STEM Science, Engineering, Mathematics, physics and 1+ years of experience OR
• Master’s degree in STEM Science, Engineering, Science, Mathematics, physics and no experience OR
• PhD in STEM Science, Engineering, Mathematics, physics and no experience
• In order to be considered for this role, must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-level security clearance

Preferred Requirements

• Active security clearance
• Desire to learn and apply systems security policies and standards in engineering cyber-physical systems such as the Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST SP 800-160, DO-326, and DoDI 5000.8
• Experience or interest in cybersecurity and cyber threats (e.g., designing secure products, systems, and applications; intrusion detection; digital forensics; system recovery; risk assessment tools and methods; security solutions, policies, standards, and procedures, etc.)
• Excellent technical and soft skills including systems thinking aptitude, communications, time management, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams
• Aspire to actively learn and dynamically respond to evolving objectives and emerging opportunities

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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Job Category

Software Systems

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

$70,629 - $105,943-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.

Closing date: 09/30/2026