System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employee assistance program

Employee discounts

Relocation assistance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a System Safety & Reliability Engineer to ensure safety and reliability attributes of our products while managing risks to an acceptable level.

You will develop models of degradation and failure mechanisms, assess designs, and deploy reliability models at component and system levels to support product safety.

Hybrid working is offered; relocation assistance is available for the right candidate. A US citizen is required.

Qualifications

• US citizen status is required.
• Bachelor/Master/PhD in math, actuarial science, or engineering.
• Safety and reliability knowledge is essential.
• Relocation may be offered for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Understand degradation and failure mechanisms; develop models using deterministic or data-driven methods.
• Assess designs and practices; deploy models at component to fleet levels to assess safety and reliability.
• Support Safety & Reliability analysis documentation (FHA, FMECA, System Safety Assessment).
• Support FRACAS and Reliability initiatives during development and in-service phases.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Safety & reliability tools

Analytical thinking

Tool deployment

ASQ credential pursuit

Education

Bachelor of Science in Math/Actuarial/Engineering

Master of Science in Math/Actuarial/Engineering

PhD in Math/Actuarial/Engineering

Tools

Weibull++

XFMEA

XFRACAS

@RISK

Reliability Workbench

Job description

Job Description

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As a System Safety & Reliability Engineer, you’ll be part of a team that ensures the safety and reliability attributes of our products are understood and risks are managed to an acceptable level. This role involves the integration of diverse areas of knowledge to create and support complex systems that enable reliable system operation under highly challenging conditions.

What You Will Be Doing

• Understanding the product's degradation and failure mechanisms, associated consequences, with the aim to eliminate or reduce product hazards. Develop models that characterize these mechanisms using deterministic or probabilistic/data mining techniques.
• Assess new and derivative design solutions, product operation and maintenance practices to evaluate the impact on product safety and reliability. Develop and deploy models at component, system, asset, and fleet levels to characterize product safety and reliability. Support the associated part/function classification activities.
• Support product development and new product introduction phases through Safety & Reliability Engineering analysis and documentation (e.g. FHA, FMECA, System Safety Assessment, etc.).
• Support the FRACAS and Reliability Initiatives in development and in-service phases.

Who We’re Looking For

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

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering OR
• Master’s of Science in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering OR
• PhD degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering
• In order to be considered for this role, you must be a US citizen

Preferred Requirements

• Multi-disciplinary collaboration skills, including facilitation and communication at the component, sub-system, and system level
• Technical experience in the use of Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools (e.g.) Weibull++, XFMEA, XFRACAS, @RISK, Reliability Workbench.
• An ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems
• Technical experience in the deployment of Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools and methods
• Member of ASQ working toward Certified Reliability Engineer credentials

What We Offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can 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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date: August 26, 2026

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Job Posting Date

12 Aug 2026; 00:08

Pay Range

$62,640 - $101,790-Annually

Location

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.