Aircraft Performance Engineer - Defence (Bristol)

Rolls--royce; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares matching

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Defence in Bristol is seeking an Aircraft Performance Engineer to assess Power & Propulsion System performance for air vehicles. You will evaluate operation, safety and in-flight performance across the life cycle of the product.

You will interface with customers, government agencies and manufacturers, providing independent performance assessments and maintaining analysis tools and data to support platform-level decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level STEM degree required or equivalent engineering experience.
• Solid understanding of aircraft performance fundamentals.
• Experience with gas turbine performance is beneficial.
• Ability to translate data from multiple sources into a clear argument.

Responsibilities

• Interface with Customers, Government Agencies and Aircraft Manufacturers to represent propulsion interests at platform level.
• Convey platform operation insights to propulsion systems for mission generation/analysis.
• Perform assessments of future and current platforms to evaluate competitiveness and performance.
• Maintain and develop toolsets, models and data for the Performance function.
• Collaborate across teams to improve understanding and practices within Rolls-Royce Defence.

Skills

Aircraft performance

Gas turbine knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Aeronautical/EE

Degree in Gas Turbines/Aero Industry advantageous

Tools

C++

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Rolls-Royce Defence in Bristol is seeking an Aircraft Performance Engineer to assess Power & Propulsion System performance for air vehicles. You will evaluate operation, safety and in-flight performance across the life cycle of the product.

You will interface with customers, government agencies and manufacturers, providing independent performance assessments and maintaining analysis tools and data to support platform-level decisions.