Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Rolls Royce; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Bristol is seeking an Additive Manufacturing Engineer to join our state-of-the-art facility. You will help develop and implement manufacturing methods for aero components, focusing on cost, quality and timely delivery within a pre-production environment.

You will support build preparation, machine operation, and post-processing, applying DFM/A on additive concepts and working with design teams and suppliers to meet program goals.

Qualifications

• Degree in Aerospace, Manufacturing, Materials, or Mechanical or equivalent.
• Experience in manufacturing production environment with CI, NPI, capability acquisition, process engineering, automation or metrology.
• Experience delivering success in multi-functional teams including Operations, Planning and Design Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing methods and technology to deliver New Part Introduction to quality, cost and timescale targets.
• Continuous improvement to eliminate waste and process variation, improve process capability and reduce product cost.
• Deliver strategic growth through identification and development of future technologies and capability acquisition with seamless production implementation.
• Ownership of the technical package including; product verification, change control and operational support.

Skills

Additive Manufacturing

Build preparation

Machine operation

Process engineering

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional teamwork

Automation

Metrology

Education

Degree in Aerospace/ Manufacturing/ Materials/ Mechanical

Tools

Metrology equipment

Quality procedures

Automation equipment

Job description

Job Description

Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Bristol Filton

SNBG 7 -10

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and team-oriented Manufacturing Engineer to work in our in development state of the art Additive Manufacturing Facility based on site in Rolls-Royce Bristol. These roles present an exciting opportunity to work at the frontline, creating, developing and adapting manufacturing processes that will be introduced and used for years.

This role will be required to support across a range of disciplines within a Pre-Production facility including the development and implementation of methods of manufacture alongside the wider project team whilst focussing on cost and quality requirements in the early stages. The team are focused on the validation and verification of new manufacturing methods with the goal of maturing Additive Manufacturing of aero components to TRL 8.

You would be responsible for ensuring manufacturability of new products and be familiar with "Design for Additive Manufacture". You will also be required to interact and manage relationships across various functions internally and externally, ranging from design teams to suppliers and onto directly influencing the customer and their requirements.

You will have experience in build preparation for Additive, machine operation, and post processing of parts. Alongside this you will have an appreciation of the use of Additive Manufacturing technology in a variety of appropriate applications, how build layout and design can impact the parts being produced and how you can influence this using build preparation techniques.

You will ideally have experience in new facility set up, be able to influence facility and machine layout and have adaptability to work in and environment undergoing machine platform changes.

What you will be doing:

• Develop manufacturing methods and technology to deliver New Part Introduction to quality, cost and timescale targets.
• Continuous improvement to eliminate waste and process variation, improve process capability and reduce product cost.
• Deliver strategic growth through identification and development of future technologies and capability acquisition with seamless production implementation.
• Ownership of the technical package including; product verification, change control and operational support.

Position qualifications:

• Qualified to Degree (or equivalent) in Aerospace/ Manufacturing/ Materials/ Mechanical or equivalent work experience.
• Practical experience in a manufacturing production environment within; continuous improvement, new product introduction, capability acquisition, process engineering, automation or metrology.
• Motivated individuals with experience of delivering success when working in multi-functional teams including Operations, Planning and Design Engineering.

Preferred requirements:

• Experience working in an Additive environment
• Experience in an Additive facility defining technical requirements and controls in place.
• Experience in component validation and quality procedures.

To start, you will require a minimum Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don't currently already have this in place.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

11 Sept 2026; 00:09

Posting End Date

17 Sept 2026 Location/Region: Bristol, England