Optimization Engineer – Submarine Lifecycle & Reliability

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rolls-Royce invites applications for an Optimisation Engineer based in Bristol/Cardiff. You will join the Platform Engineering Team to work with the MoD, delivering evidence-based maintenance requirement optimisation and reducing maintenance volume to improve platform availability.

You will conduct investigations with peers to identify optimization opportunities, lead technical communications, and support the development of health-monitoring capabilities.

Qualifications

• UK Submarines experience (Navy, MOD, Prime Industry Partner) recommended.
• Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Numerical field.
• Experience with complex, novel tasks in in-service environments.
• Knowledge of maintenance requirements and regulatory considerations.
• Proven troubleshooting and problem-resolution skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams including suppliers and customers.
• Familiarity with health monitoring or lifecycle management concepts.
• Experience with report writing and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to resolve queries and operational arisings.
• Lead investigations to establish root cause of issues.
• Predict reliability and safety performance using statistical methods.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities by reviewing maintenance policies.
• Manage issues affecting maturity, lifecycle cost, reliability and maintainability.
• Provide lifecycle data and modelling for through-life performance and optimization.
• Prepare technical communications for regulators, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Lead integration of Health Monitoring system requirements.
• Identify requirements for new Health Monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements; act as Technical Authority where delegated.
• Gather in-service data and implement continuous improvement through Best Practice.

Skills

UK Submarines experience

Engineering or numerical mindset

Components & systems functionality

Ambiguity handling

Regulatory & compliance awareness

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Maintenance requirements

Safety Case experience

Investigative mindset

Report writing

Education

Engineering or Numerical degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Rolls-Royce invites applications for an Optimisation Engineer based in Bristol/Cardiff. You will join the Platform Engineering Team to work with the MoD, delivering evidence-based maintenance requirement optimisation and reducing maintenance volume to improve platform availability.

You will conduct investigations with peers to identify optimization opportunities, lead technical communications, and support the development of health-monitoring capabilities.