Rolls-Royce plc

Systems Security Engineer

Rolls-Royce plc$70K — $105K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 1+ years of experience, or a Master's/PhD with no experience
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain high-level security clearance
  • Interest in cybersecurity and cyber threats in engineering cyber-physical systems
  • Active security clearance preferred
  • Excellent technical and soft skills, including communication and collaboration aptitude

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with teams to define technology and processes for system security
  • Learn and apply secure cyber resilient engineering throughout the product lifecycle
  • Engage with government, customers, and suppliers to meet security requirements
  • Create digital models using model-based systems engineering tools
  • Develop and update systems security best practices and procedures

Benefits

  • Comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package including salary and bonuses
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
  • 401(k) plan with company match and flexible spending accounts
  • Paid Time Off, holidays, and parental family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement and long-term incentive plan
Full Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Systems Security Engineer

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN (3 days in-office)

We’re looking for a Systems Security Engineer for 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.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

  • Work with the core systems security and LibertyWorks teams to help determine the technology and processes required to meet customer requirements for system security and resiliency
  • Learn secure cyber resilient engineering (SCRE), apply technical knowledge as required throughout the product lifecycle: requirements, design, build, test, production, operations, and support
  • Collaborate with government, customers, suppliers, and industry experts to understand and 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:

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM Science, Engineering, Mathematics, physics and 1+ years of experience OR
  • Master’s degree in STEM Science, Engineering, Science, Mathematics, physics and no experience OR
  • PhD in STEM Science, Engineering, Mathematics, physics and no experience
  • 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:

  • Active security clearance
  • Desire to learn and apply systems security policies and standards in engineering cyber-physical systems such as the Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST SP 800-160, DO-326, and DoDI 5000.8
  • Experience or interest in cybersecurity and cyber threats (e.g., designing secure products, systems, and applications; intrusion detection; digital forensics; system recovery; risk assessment tools and methods; security solutions, policies, standards, and procedures, etc.)
  • Excellent technical and soft skills including systems thinking aptitude, communications, time management, and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams
  • Aspire to actively learn and dynamically respond to evolving objectives and emerging opportunities

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.

Closing date:  July 31st, 2026


Job Category

Software Systems

Job Posting Date

20 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay Range

$70,629 - $105,943-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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