Team Lead - High Integrity Software at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis, Indiana

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Job Description




Team Lead - High Integrity Software
Indianapolis, IN




Innovate & Power the World



The ACaMS Program Team has been chartered with the design/development/realization of the next generation aero engine control system. The ACaMS system will deliver world class efficiency, improved diagnostics, cyber threat protection via a modern architectural solution. ACaMS will serve a wide range of gas turbine engines/applications across the Rolls-Royce portfolio. The ACaMS team scope includes a wide variety of components within the control system including the Computing System, Health Monitoring System and the integration of the Hydromechanical and Sensing/Control components. The ACaMS team consists of a wide variety of functional team members including Embedded Systems, Software, and Electronics Designers as well as Safety, Certification, Quality, Component and Applications Engineers.


As the Team Lead - High Integrity Software, you will be a team leader within the High-Integrity Software team, developing the embedded, safety-critical software for ACaMS aircraft applications. This involves directing the day-to-day work of a team of 15+ software engineers, managing completion of team effort to overall project milestones, technical decomposition of work into assignable tasks, and ensuring technical quality of developed software product.


The team lead ensures that our software requirements and design are compliant to processes and aerospace compliance standards in a way that allows certification. This team leader role will act as a technical mentor to less experienced team members, bringing real-world experience to bear to ensure pitfalls are spotted and avoided.


To ensure we continue to be pioneers of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 16,500 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars' worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialization, we also offer freedom to cross-specialize and develop skills across a number of different areas.


Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.



Key Accountabilities:

• Define, decompose, and assign project work scope to team members for development execution, akin to Agile Product Owner, tracking team velocity and completed work


• Develop safety-critical gas turbine engine control software to DO-178C compliance objectives


• Software architecting support to enable software-to-software integration a testing, to include product line methodologies


• Develop and modify processes and methods to enable the team to achieve compliance objectives and optimal development pace


• Setting up and modifying continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) frameworks, to enable software development to be easily worked by the development team


• Liaison with certification airworthiness authorities to explain approaches, demonstrate compliance to objectives, and close out audit findings


• Support project planning and estimation of new projects and phases of work

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Sofware, or Systems Engineering, or Computer Science with 5+ years of experience in software engineering (development or testing) OR


• Master's Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Systems Engineering with 3+ years of experience in software engineering (development or testing) OR


• JD/PhD


• Must be a US Citizen
  

Preferred Qualifications (any of these a plus, ideal candidate has all):

• 10+ years' experience in embedded safety-critical software engineering


• Familiar with Model-based software design using Simulink or equivalent tool


• Experience in the design and development of DO-178C compliant embedded software solutions


• Experience in defining, assessing and modifying software architectures


• Experience with integration (software/hardware and software/software) and component level testing


• Experience with software life cycle (Requirements, Design, Verification and Release)


• Experience with Agile Scrum development methods and the Product Owner and/or ScrumMaster roles


• Experience with design of safety-critical control systems


• Experience with control of gas turbine engines


• Experience with Python, C, C++, and/or Groovy


• Familiar with continuous integration and testing frameworks, such as Jenkins
  

Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you'll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.



Our People are our Power



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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realize their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.


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.


Relocation assistance is available for this position if required.


Job Grade: Level C T&P


Pay Range


$110,476 - $179,524


Posted date will end on March 28th, 2025.






Job Category



Software Systems






Job Posting Date



21 Mar 2025; 00:03






Pay Range



$110,476 - $179,524-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.
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