Lifecycle Engineer - Civil Safety Centre

Rolls-Royce Corporation; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Employee Share Plans

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Lifecycle Engineer to join the Civil Safety Centre in Derby, working in a hybrid model with three days in the office. You will lead investigation teams to identify root causes and containment actions for safety issues across the in-service fleet.

The role involves coordinating safety boards, providing technical support, and delivering communications to platforms, regulators and customers while ensuring regulatory compliance and continuous product improvement.

Qualifications

• Engineering or Numerical degree preferred or equivalent with experience.
• Knowledge of components/systems functionality and numerical methods.
• Experience of complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous.
• Familiarity of the in-service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution.
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers and partners.
• Good knowledge of AI and digital advancements would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Management of known and potential safety issues (SAR & RT) and involvement in safety boards as defined in Safety Management Plan.
• Provide technical support to help resolve safety-related queries and operational arisings.
• Introduce containment actions and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide technical surveillance and quality assurance audits to support product enhancement for customer satisfaction and business expectations.
• Develop and approve the technical content of technical publications/communications for OEM, build/maintenance bases and customers.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications to platform provider, regulators, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal/external stakeholders' technical and business requirements.
• Gather in-service data and drive continuous improvement by identifying Best Practice and Learning from Experience.

Skills

Engineering degree

Numerical methods

Cross-functional teams

AI & digital advancements

Education

Engineering or Numerical degree

Job description

Job Description Lifecycle Engineer – Civil Safety Centre Full Time Derby/Hybrid (3 days a week in the office)

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.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opening for a Lifecycle Engineer to join the Civil Safety Centre. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead investigation teams of specialists to identify root cause, containment and solutions for safety issues. The Rolls-Royce Civil Safety Centre provides world-class technical support to investigate and resolve known and potential safety issues for the in-service fleet.

What you will be doing

• Management of known and potential safety issues (SAR & RT) and appropriate involvement in safety boards as defined in Safety Management Plan.
• Provide technical support to help resolve safety-related technical queries and operational arisings.
• Introduce containment actions and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide technical surveillance and quality assurance audits to support continuous product enhancement for customer satisfaction and business expectation.
• Develop and approve the technical content of technical publications/communications (used by OEM, build/commissioning/maintenance bases and customers) including acceptance limit development.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications (e.g. presentation and/or reports) to platform provider, regulators, customers, internal stakeholder.
• Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders.
• Gather in-service data and carry out continuous improvement by identifying Best Practice and Learning from Experience activities, feeding back into future programmes and product design teams.

Position qualifications

• Engineering or Numerical degree preferred or equivalent with experience.
• Knowledge of components/ systems functionality and numerical methods.
• Experience of working on complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous.
• Familiarity of the in-service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution.
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers and partners.
• Good knowledge of AI and digital advancements would be beneficial.

Regional Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce Group
• Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together.
• Buy one share, get one free!

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.

Closing date: 20th October 2026