Software Capability Lead

Software Capability Lead

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Capability Lead to join the Model Based Software Engineering team at Rolls-Royce. The Capability Lead develops people, processes, and tools for the software development and verification of high integrity systems using models as a means of designing and simulating solutions.

This role includes accountability for developing engineering personnel with the knowledge and skills to create and maintain software architectures and designs, supporting verification, delivering capability improvements, and ensuring adherence to standards and regulations.

The High Integrity Model Based Software Engineering function develops software Product Line solutions for all new Rolls-Royce Aerospace products. The team operates within a global capability group, including teams in Indianapolis and Friedrichshafen, to create, develop, and improve Model Based Software Engineering best practices applied across Rolls-Royce.

What you will be doing:

• Provide technical leadership for the Engineering resource group, ensuring compliance with agreed processes, corporate methodology, regulatory requirements, and engineering lifecycle reviews.
• Create and maintain robust resource plans to meet delivery commitments, budgets, and future business needs, including recruitment, subcontracting, and integration with partners and other resource groups.
• Ensure the required capabilities, skills, and resources are identified and sustained to execute business strategy and programme needs.
• Lead, develop, and performance manage team members, ensuring clear objectives, appropriate training, professional development, reward management, HSE, and security responsibilities.
• Act as the focal point for communication within and on behalf of the resource group, managing functional interfaces and, where appropriate, relationships between engineering and the supply chain.
• Drive continuous improvement, operational best practice, and effective knowledge management through lessons learnt, knowledge capture, process review, and collaboration across the group and wider business.

Position qualifications:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrates sound engineering judgment and knowledge of our customers and programmes.
• Demonstrates effective leadership and engineering skills.
• Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours.
• Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group.
• Experienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving business improvements.