System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist - Civil Mature Engines

Rolls-Royce•Indianapolis, IN

8d•$122,741 - $199,454•Hybrid

About The Position

Rolls-Royce is hiring a System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist for Civil Mature Engines, including AE 3007A/C, AE 2100A, RB211-535/524, and Trent 800. The role leads safety activities to ensure product safety and reliability attributes are understood and risks are managed to an acceptable level. It integrates knowledge across disciplines to support complex systems and reliable operation under challenging conditions throughout the product lifecycle, working with Design, System, and Service Engineers to meet company, customer, and regulatory requirements. The role is hybrid, with three office days a week in Indianapolis, Indiana, and requires up to 10% domestic and international travel. The specialist serves as System Safety Lead for Civil Mature Engines applications and coordinates across the product program team. The work includes characterizing product degradation and failure mechanisms, evaluating hazards and consequences, assessing design solutions and product operation and maintenance practices, and developing models at component, system, asset, and fleet levels. The engineer supports product development and new product introduction with safety and reliability analyses and documentation, leads and coaches related tasks, provides technical leadership and consulting, and develops methods and tools for the global function. Analyses include mathematical modeling of complex systems, probabilistic safety assessments, and hazard assessments. Rolls-Royce describes a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may also enroll in additional benefits, subject to eligibility factors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, or Actuarial Science and 5 or more years of experience; or a master’s degree in one of these fields and 3 or more years of experience; or a Ph.D. in one of these fields.
Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for consideration.

Nice To Haves

ASQ membership and Certified Reliability Engineer credentials.
Technical experience using Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools such as the Synthesis Suite, @RISK, or Reliability Workbench.
Knowledge of acceptable means of compliance that may be used to support a new program or product.

Responsibilities

Serve as System Safety Lead for Civil Mature Engines applications, coordinating at all levels within the product program team.
Understand product degradation and failure mechanisms and their consequences, with the aim of eliminating or reducing product hazards.
Develop models characterizing degradation and failure mechanisms using deterministic or probabilistic/data-mining techniques.
Assess new and derivative design solutions, product operation, and maintenance practices for their impact on product safety and reliability.
Develop and deploy safety and reliability models at component, system, asset, and fleet levels.
Support associated part and function classification activities.
Support product development and new product introduction through Safety & Reliability Engineering analysis and documentation, including FHA, FMECA, System Safety Assessment, and Human Factors.
Lead and coach System Safety & Reliability tasks and provide technical task leadership and consulting to engineers.
Develop Safety & Reliability methods and tools for the global function.
Perform mathematical modeling of complex systems, probabilistic safety assessments, and hazard assessments to generate actionable insights for product improvement.
Work with Design, System, and Service Engineers to support products throughout their lifecycle and meet company, customer, and regulatory requirements.