Customer Integration Lead

Customer Integration Lead

Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid working)

As the Integration Lead for the Advanced Control and Monitoring System (ACaMS) product family, you will be responsible for leading the customer interface to our control system development. This means working with internal and external customers to ensure that their requirements and deliverable expectations are captured and delivered to the control system development team, and also working with the customer to define the product interfaces between the engine control system and the aircraft systems that interface with it.

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.

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.

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Key Accountabilities:

• Define aircraft interfaces in collaboration with aircraft customer, whole engine engineers, and control system component engineers
• Drive planning for and compliance to customer and engine-level gate reviews, ensuring control system definition and lifecycle documentation meets the progression criteria
• Define control system requirements at multiple levels of the requirements hierarchy, ensuring traceability, validation & verification coverage, and safety considerations are appropriately documented
• Develop the integration plan of the engine control and monitoring system with the whole engine and airframe, ensuring verification and integration efforts show compliance to contractual standards and objectives
• Act as primary technical liaison with whole-engine program (internal customers) and aircraft development team (external customers) for control system topics, engaging internal team to support those discussions and deliverables
• Collaborate to provide technical guidance, counsel and direction to a small team of engineers, assisting in technical judgments and supporting resource planning

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline with 5+ years of experience in control systems, OR
• Master's degree in an Engineering discipline with 3+ years of experience in control systems, OR
• PhD in an Engineering discipline
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in control systems
• Experience with and application of agile development methods for product development.
• Gas turbine engine controls experience or propulsion control system experience a plus
• Experience with FAA and/or US military certification of airborne systems.
• Demonstrated experience with control system design and analysis tools.
• Experience using CAMEO and/or IBM DOORS

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.

At Rolls-Royce we embrace workplace flexibility. Our teams work in onsite, hybrid and remote work environments based on work and personal requirements. The specific arrangements vary from team to team. Please ask us about how we work on this team.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Posting Close Date: October 11, 2024

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.