Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Working Pattern: Full-time

Working location: West Lafayette, IN (5 days onsite)

We have an exciting new opportunity for Senior Electronics Design Engineer in our Controls System Simulation team.

You will be responsible for electronics hardware circuit design and development of Hardware-in-the-Loop real time simulators used to test and verify engine control and monitoring systems through full product life cycle.

In this exciting role, you may be involved at any stage of a project including the initial brief for a concept, the design and development stage, testing of prototypes and the final implementation of a new product or system, support of fielded products and investigations. You will be working in a multidiscipline simulation team, with colleagues in other branches of engineering, vendors and external customers.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Performs trade study analysis, tolerance analysis, and various simulations to support the design's accuracy and efficiency
• Develop and troubleshoot electrical hardware simulations of control system sensors and actuators used as part of a Hardware-in-the-Loop real time simulator used to test and verify engine control and monitoring systems through full product life cycle.
• Experience with developing software controls for hardware integration.
• Experience with requirements-based product decomposition, development, traceability and assurance.
• Compile functional description and design assurance testing results into a report sufficient for certifying authorities.

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/ Electronics/Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of Electronic Hardware Circuit Design experience, OR
• Master's degree in STEM/Electronics/Electrical Engineering with 0+ years of Electronic Hardware Circuit Design experience; OR
• PhD in degree in STEM/ Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering
• Commitment to travel up to 20% between sites and up to 10% other travel

Preferred Requirements0

• 5+ years' experience in circuit design
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and other problem-solving
• Experience working with databus circuits such as CAN, ARINC429, MIL-STD-1553, SPI, I2C, Ethernet
• Strong software development skills in C/C++, Python, Atlassian toolsets and build environments for Linux and Windows OS
• Experience with network analyzers, oscilloscopes, meters, probes and similar lab equipment
• Experience with Thevenin equivalent circuit design, grounding isolation and shielding schemes, filtering, protection, EMI reduction techniques
• Experience with onsite integration of cabinet mounted electronic test equipment at external customer sites
• Analyze and translate high level requirements into a validated design for the electrical component
• Ability to present technical data to senior engineers and management

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 and home 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.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date: May 31st, 2026

Job Category

Software Systems

Job Posting Date

14 May 2026; 00:05

Pay Range

$94,160 - $153,010-Annually

Location:

West Lafayette, 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.