Rolls-Royce plc

Product System Security Engineer

Rolls-Royce plc$98K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate degree with 4+ years of relevant engineering experience (Electrical, Software, Controls, Systems)
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 2+ years experience, or Master's degree with no experience
  • Must be a U.S. citizen able to obtain a high-level security clearance
  • 5+ years in Product Security Engineering on cyber-physical embedded systems preferred
  • Experience in Systems Engineering and complex system interactions preferred

Responsibilities

  • Determine technology and processes for system security and resiliency
  • Provide technical direction across the product lifecycle
  • Lead teams or projects in secure cyber-resilient engineering
  • Collaborate with government, customers, and suppliers for system requirements
  • Create digital models and utilize model-based systems engineering tools
  • Develop and update security best practices across the business

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Paid Time Off, paid holidays, and parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and long-term incentive plan
Full Job Description

Job Title: Product System Security Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN (3 days in office/2 days onsite)

We’re looking for a Product System Security Engineer (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.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on flagship Rolls-Royce programs and play an important role in addressing some of the most complex and interesting technological challenges in Defense. There are several disciplines within SSE that you will be exposed to and be able to participate in. You will be encouraged to further develop and leverage your skills and experience in Systems Security Engineering, identify and pursue unique specialty skillsets, and help grow Rolls-Royce capability in this pivotal area. 

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

  • Work with the core product security and LibertyWorks teams to determine the technology and processes required to meet customer requirements for system security and resiliency.
  • Act as a business technical specialist in secure cyber resilient engineering (SCRE), applying technical knowledge and providing technical direction as required throughout the product lifecycle: requirements, design, build, test, production, operations, and support.
  • Lead a small number of individuals or projects in this subject area, providing technical leadership to teams or projects in addition to having impact through functional knowledge.
  • Collaborate with government, customers, suppliers, and industry experts to 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:

  • Associate degree with 4+ years of experience in a relevant engineering environment (Electrical, Software, Controls, Systems)
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM discipline with experience in a relevant engineering environment (Electrical, Software, Controls, Systems) with 2+ years’ experience, OR
  • Master’s degree in STEM discipline with experience in a relevant engineering environment (Electrical, Software, Controls, Systems), with 0+ years’ experience OR
  • JD/PhD OR
  • 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:

  • 5+ years of experience working in Product Security Engineering on real-time cyber-physical embedded systems (ie - aviation systems, software defined vehicles, medical devices, weapon systems, etc) OR 10+ years of experience working in a related Engineering role (ie - Systems Engineering, Embedded Computer Engineering, or Embedded Software Engineering, etc)
  • Experience with Systems Engineering on complex systems and excellent systems thinking aptitude: the ability to understand complex system boundaries, interactions, and interdependencies across multiple abstraction layers throughout the system’s entire lifecycle.
  • Experience of embedded systems and the technical skills required to develop, implement, and secure such cyber-physical systems.
  • Experience or interest in cybersecurity and cyber threats (ie - designing secure products, systems, and applications; intrusion detection; digital forensics; system recovery; risk assessment tools and methods; security solutions, policies, standards, and procedures, etc.).
  • Experience in applying Product Security policies and standards to the engineering of cyber-physical systems such as NIST SP 800-160, DO-326, UK Secure By Design, IEC 62443, the Risk Management Framework (RMF), and DoDI 5000.83,.
  • Excellent communications skills: able to influence without authority and describe complex ideas simply and succinctly to non-technical people.

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.

Close Date: June 20th, 2026


Job Category

Software Systems

Job Posting Date

15 Jun 2026; 00:06

Pay Range

$98,566 - $160,169-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.

About Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational engineering company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power systems for aviation, marine, and energy markets. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in London, England. Rolls-Royce is a leading provider of power systems for civil and military aircraft, and is also a major supplier of power systems for marine vessels. The company's energy division provides power systems for the oil and gas industry, as well as for power generation and other industrial applications. Rolls-Royce has operations in over 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people worldwide.
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