Safety and Reliability Engineer

JR United Kingdom; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company is seeking a Safety and Reliability Engineer in Bristol. The role involves critical analysis of safety processes and collaboration with specialists. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a STEM field and experience in evaluating system reliability. This position offers hybrid work arrangements and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Hold a degree in a STEM subject or have relevant engineering experience.
• Ability to think critically about system failures and their broader operational impact.
• Familiar with statistical mathematics and uncertainty analysis.

Responsibilities

• Apply Safety & Reliability processes such as Hazard Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Work with various specialists and senior project figures.
• Utilise statistical methods to assess system reliability.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Statistical mathematics

Data evaluation

Education

Degree in a STEM subject or relevant engineering experience

Job description

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Safety and Reliability Engineer, bradley stoke

Client: Rolls Royce

Location: bradley stoke, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 3

Posted: 08.08.2025

Expiry Date: 22.09.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Safety and Reliability Engineer

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Working Location: Bristol/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safety & Reliability Engineer to join our team in Bristol. In this role, you will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to support critical programme milestones, contributing to the successful delivery of our Defence strategy. Your expertise will help ensure the safety and reliability of our products, enabling our customers to operate with confidence.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build, and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.

Mature Programmes sits at the heart of our Defence business, delivering contracts and supporting our products in day-to-day operations. Ensuring safety is at the core of everything we do allows us to maintain our market position in the Naval, Defence Aero, and Combat sectors.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself—an inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, giving you access to a wide range of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

What We Offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits, including: Bonus scheme, Employee support assistance, Employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working allows our people to balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum, we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What You Will Be Doing

• Apply Safety & Reliability processes such as Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Quantitative Risk Assessment.
• Work with various specialists and senior project figures, including the Life Cycle Engineering and Design Engineering functions.
• Capture and numerically assess system rejection causes to provide insights to the Services organisation for operational availability and cost considerations.
• Utilise statistical methods to assess system reliability and identify potential risks.
• Influence design decisions by evaluating failures and their impact on safety and reliability.

Who We're Looking For

• Hold a degree in a STEM subject or have relevant engineering experience. Other qualifications, combined with experience, may also be considered.
• Have the ability to think critically about system failures and their broader operational impact.
• Be comfortable with statistical mathematics and uncertainty analysis.
• Possess knowledge of gas turbine engines, including their design, operation, and environment.
• Have a logical approach to problem-solving and the ability to collect, filter, and evaluate data from design, test, and service.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures provide diverse perspectives, which are crucial to innovation and problem-solving. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realize their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Closing date: 18/08/25

Job Category: Engineering for Services

Posting Date: 06 Aug 2025; 00:08

Posting End Date: 18 Aug 2025

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