Electrical Systems Engineer

Rolls-Royce

Electrical Systems Engineer working on technology development for a more-electric power and propulsion platform. Involves system design, analysis, and collaboration with global technology partners.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeDerby • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identifying, developing, and implementing innovative technology solutions in the areas of power generation and distribution.
Develop clear, comprehensive product specifications and performance requirements with input as necessary from mechanical, electrical and systems teams as well as partners and suppliers as appropriate
Leads the definition of electrical projects including capturing requirements, creating proposals, achieving stakeholder approval, acquiring funding and aligning partner support.
Leads the resolution of new and emerging technical, compliance and business problems using analytical processes and professional judgement.
Proactively accesses internal and external networks of fellow specialists to further the understanding of the specialist subject; supports the implementation of strategic collaborative relationships.
Provides technical direction to peers and more junior professionals, and technical leadership to teams and projects within their specialism.
Supports the definition of skill and professional knowledge within their area of specialism; identifies, co-ordinates and delivers training; supports the development of others; provides active mentoring.
Ensures appropriate policies, standards and best practices are defined, shared and adopted.
Leads the sharing of Best Practice; represents the area as an authority in their defined subject; provides concise justification for decisions; records and captures salient information in reports and systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or other national equivalent, higher degree preferred)
Experience in writing technical documents such as hardware requirements and specifications, product design specifications, test specifications, schematic, board level design details etc.
Experience of developing, implementing and validating electrical power systems and sub-systems that integrate electrical machines, AC-AC / AC-DC and DC-DC conversion stages that will connect to a grid and/or other loads via distribution system.
An awareness of the analyses required to support electrical system architecture definition (for example Electrical Load Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis) and an understanding of the impact of the choice of electrical system architecture on the electrical components and adjacent systems, and the collective impact on the product.
A systems-thinking mindset and an understanding of systems engineering processes, tools and industry standards (ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, ARP4754 etc…) for development of complex aerospace systems.
Experience in applying Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) preferred.
An awareness of safety and reliability methods as applied to novel systems concepts (e.g FHA, DFMEA, HAZOP analysis) is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous Annual Leave
Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
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Hard Skills & Tools

Electrical Load AnalysisFault Tree AnalysisAC-AC ConversionAC-DC ConversionDC-DC ConversionSchematic DesignBoard Level DesignProduct Design SpecificationsTest SpecificationsSystems Thinking

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringCollaborationAnalytical Problem SolvingCommunication

Certifications

BEng DegreeProfessional Engineer Qualification