Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Rolls Royce
Maldon, CM9 4AJ, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Posted
11 May 2026 (3 days ago)

Benefits

Professional Development Training Chartered Engineer Status

Job Description

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Full Time

Location - Heybridge

Job Description

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

As the Senior Principal Systems Engineer you will be responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer, and regulatory requirements.

What you will be doing:

  • Review and agree high level automation requirements including their testability.
  • Analyse and translate high level requirements into a validated design for automation systems.
  • Capture applicable design constraints and quality attributes that apply to the component.
  • Interface between external and internal customers, to elicit and validate all stakeholder requirements including business, technical customers, and partners.
  • Design and implement automation designs to meet the high-level requirements and design constraints/standards.
  • Allocate automation requirements to test vehicles defined in the verification plan.
  • Create an appropriate Enterprise Architecture solution which serves both business and technical needs.
  • Develops, implements, documents, and maintains policies, procedures, associated guidelines, tools, and training as required.
  • Creation of documents e.g. Functional Design Specification (FDS), Control and Monitoring Description (CMD), Test Specifications and Operator/Maintenance Manuals.
  • Liaises with other disciplines to understand functional performance capabilities of components of the system to facilitate effective component design.
  • Set the Systems Engineering and Verification approach for an Engineering Programme through the Configuration Management Plan.
  • Implement PLC code.
  • Clarification and Definition of communication interfaces between the Rolls-Royce Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) and 3rd party systems.

Position Qualifications:

  • Qualified to at least degree level in electrical engineering or similar disciplines or equivalent industry experience.
  • Member of a professional body - Chartered Engineer status in an appropriate discipline would be expected for a sufficiently experienced engineer in this role.
  • At least 7 years or more professional experience in electrical engineering, designing automation systems and the management of projects / programs of increasing complexity.
  • Significant domain knowledge and experience of naval or marine automation and control systems.
  • Has experience in all stages of a project lifecycle and has been responsible for the delivery of one or more of those stages.
  • Proven ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and to make balanced decisions in complex situations and with incomplete information.

Preferred requirements:

  • Knowledge and experience of delivering systems complying with naval and marine standards, specifications and safety standards.
  • Member of a Professional Engineering Body – Chartered Engineer or equivalent

Power Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brandmtu. Through digitalisation and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.


Type of Contract

Permanent

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