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Job DescriptionWhy Rolls Royce?Our Critical Parts Lifing team operates in an extremely exciting space ensuring we help maximise our products time on wing and continued safe operation.As a Software Engineer (CDF1) in the Critical Parts Lifing (CPL) team, you will be responsible for capturing software requirements, developing and/or supervising the development, validation, deployment and continuous maintenance of appropriate software solutions to meet our requirements.Join us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. And an inclusive, culture that gives you a platform for continuous learning, and an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planetWe deliver the best jet engines in the world. Through intelligent innovation and active collaboration, we're putting our customers at the forefront of the aviation industry - and we keep them there. Our product portfolio powers more than 35 types of commercial aircraft, and with over 13,000 engines in-service around the world; we're keeping the world flying.We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.What you'll be doing:This role will offer you multiple interfaces with a wide range of other areas including Critical Parts Lifing, Materials teams, Managed Service providers, other IT organisations as required.To work with the Critical Parts Lifing team to determine software requirements based on both new and pre-existing practices and methodology.To assist in classifying the criticality of any solutions and follow the appropriate code quality and standards.To develop and document software that meets those requirements, mostly in Python.To support the deployment, testing, and continued maintenance of this software throughout its lifecycle - whether developed internally or externally.Where appropriate, to identify opportunities within CPL to optimise and innovate existing engineering processes into modern software architectures within the existing application ecosystem.To deliver against programme milestones within agreed cost, timescale and quality requirements.To be a point of contact between the mechanical integrity discipline and other functions and/or suppliers.What we're looking for:At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.EssentialDegree qualified (or equivalent experience). Curious, self-motivated, and confident to challenge when appropriate.Experienced with embedded software in a relevant safety critical industry.Experienced with embedded hardware platforms and programming (ideally with C/Ada).Highly Desirable:Proficiency in Python and its mathematically aligned libraries.Proficiency in code testing.Proficiency in batch scripting and Windows automation scripting.Experience of code documentation practices.Experience in automation of data mining, validation, processing, or visualisation.Experience in software development cycle.Experience in a role relating to requirement capture or stakeholder management.Preferable:Appreciation of Critical Part Lifing.Experience in distributed and/or High Performance Computing methodology, or microservice architecture (Google Cloud, AWS, etc...)Experience with desktop or web UI/UX/HMI.Familiarity with automation tools or other languages relevant to automation.Familiarity with statistical models, functional understanding of machine learning and/or engineering mathematics.Job CategorySoftware SystemsPosting Date19 Mar 2025; 00:03Posting End Date02 Apr 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Software Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX

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