Lifecycle Engineers

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 86.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee share plan

Zusammenfassung

Rolls-Royce in Bristol is seeking experienced Lifecycle Engineers to support Defence projects. You will work across development, certification, in-service support and maintenance to ensure safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness throughout the product life cycle.

Responsibilities include interfacing with Operators and Regulators, driving design improvements, and developing health monitoring and support strategies. A UK national security clearance may be required.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in STEM or related engineering field is required.
• Numerical and analytical skills are essential for lifecycle analysis.
• Strong communication and presentation skills are important for stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in safety, reliability, lifecycle engineering or maintainability is valued.

Aufgaben

• Act as Customer Engineering interface with Operators, Partners and Regulators.
• Manage issues affecting Maturity, Lifecycle Cost, Reliability and Maintainability through design.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications to regulators, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Influence product design using in-service experience and develop support strategies across the lifecycle.
• Set reliability targets based on historical data and monitor against targets.
• Lead and integrate Health Monitoring system requirements and identify new capabilities.

Kenntnisse

Strong numerical skills

Excellent communication

Team collaboration

Customer focus

Ausbildung

Degree in STEM

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Lifecycle Engineers

Full Time

Bristol/Hybrid working

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

Rolls Royce is seeking experienced Lifecycle Engineers to support a range of current and future opportunities across our Defence business.

Our engineering teams play a critical role in ensuring products are safe, reliable, supportable and cost-effective throughout their operational life. Working across product development, certification, in-service support and maintenance programmes, these teams help deliver engineering solutions that support operational readiness and long-term product performance.

We are interested in hearing from engineers with experience in safety engineering, reliability analysis, lifecycle engineering, equipment health management, maintenance strategy, overhaul methods and supportability.

Within Defence UK Life Cycle Engineers are responsible for providing in-service technical support of Defence products to ensure their safe, reliable and disruption free operation. In addition, you will bring a strong customer and engineering focus to influence the design and to affect the maturity of the product across the life cycle to meet customer and business needs.

Join the Lifecycle Engineering capability based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

What you will be doing

• As the Customer Engineering interface, you will work with Operators, Partners, Airframers, Regulatory Authorities and Subject Matter Experts to identify and develop through life service solutions. Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders.

• Manage any issues that affect the Maturity, Lifecycle Cost, Reliability and Maintainability of the product and ensure that they are addressed through Design.

• Prepare and deliver technical communications (e.g. presentation and/or reports) to platform provider, regulators, customers and internal stakeholders.

• Influence new product design with in-service experience and develop support strategies across the product lifecycle to suit customer and business requirements. Identify opportunities for optimisation and support the generation of the Service Operation Validation Strategy.

• Set reliability targets (e.g. disruption metrics) based on historical data & monitor performance against targets. Predict future safety and reliability performance based on failure rates, adopting statistical techniques to support Numerical Risk Assessment, Parametric Distribution and fly forward analysis.

• Lead and integrate Health Monitoring system requirements. Identify requirements for new Health Monitoring System or capabilities.

In addition, you will contribute to developing support strategies around business, product, customer and industrial relationships; co-ordinate packages of work within a budget and represent the company. You will actively participate in a team to achieve deliverables.

Position qualifications

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Educated to degree level in a STEM subject and/or have experience in a relevant engineering environment (Mechanical, Aeronautical, Electrical or Controls). Other qualifications, in combination with relevant experience, may also be considered.

• A broad understanding of Gas Turbine physical and functional characteristics, as well as familiarity of the in-service operation environment (e.g. direct product experience and knowledge of regulatory / compliance requirements) would be advantageous, but training will be provided to develop this.

• You should be highly numerate with strong technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking, including personal drive, excellent communication and presentation skills, and you will need to contribute effectively in a team environment.

• You will be able to demonstrate a high level of customer focus as well as good business awareness and clear understanding of process improvement principles, taking the lead in investigations, supporting / leading cross-functional teams (e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners), and specifying / executing packages of work.

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.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business, an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MOD and Government body approved cases, a dual national.

Closing date: 6th August 2026

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

Engineering for Services