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Software Capability Lead
Software Capability Lead – Full Time
Solihull, Derby or Hybrid
Why Join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce, we pride ourselves on shaping the modern world and driving progress through high-performance, innovative engineering solutions. Our culture champions individuality, diverse perspectives, and collaboration, empowering employees to deliver excellence in aerospace, power, and marine technologies.
Position Summary
An exciting opportunity exists for a Software Capability Lead in the Model Based Software Engineering (MBSE) team. You will oversee the development of people, processes, and tools for high-integrity software development, ensuring sustainable expertise, process excellence, and regulatory compliance across critical systems.
Key Responsibilities
The High Integrity MBSE team develops aerospace product software architectures and deploys globally, supporting Rolls-Royce sites in Solihull, Indianapolis, and Friedrichshafen. As Capability Lead, you will:
- Provide technical leadership for the engineering team, ensuring alignment with corporate standards, regulations, and programme needs
- Execute resource planning to meet delivery timelines, budgets, and future growth, including recruitment, subcontracting, and strategic partnerships
- Nurture career development, mentorship, and performance management, fostering professional growth and team performance
- Drive knowledge management initiatives and lessons learnt to sustain best practices and operational excellence
- Collaborate across the organisation and supply chain, bridging functional gaps to optimize process improvements
- Champion HSE, security, and inclusion & diversity principles within the team
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Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Graduate degree level or equivalent experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or allied fields
- Proven engineering judgment in complex high-integrity software environments
- Demonstrable leadership in building high-performing technical teams and adopting transformational mindset-shift
- Deep understanding of Rolls-Royce Quality policies, regulatory frameworks (e.g., DO-178C, ARP 4761) and ISO standards
- Expertise in process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, 6 Sigma, agile or iterative development)
- Experience in cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and supply chain integration
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Benefits
Rolls-Royce offers a generous regional benefits package:
- Substantial annual leave entitlement
- Retirement savings contributions
- Group life assurance (inclusive of lump-sum death benefit provisions)
- Income protection (protecting against illness or injury-related absence)
- Share Incentives – Buy one share, gain one extra for free through the matched shares scheme
- Career & Development opportunities aligned with our multi-year transformation strategy to position Rolls-Royce as a highly competitive, resilient, and sustainable enterprise
Inclusion & Opportunity at Rolls-Royce
We are a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace. Diverse perspectives fuel innovation, excellence and growth—our greatest strength. Priority consideration will be given to candidates identified as being at high risk in line with our priority hire policy.
Send all applications by: 16th July 2026 For further details: Please contact Batinder Chana Job Category: Software Systems Posting Reference: GRV0110883
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