System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Rolls-Royce•Indianapolis, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

System Safety & Reliability Engineer ensures that 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 technical knowledge to create and support complex systems operating under highly challenging conditions. In this position you will support our engineering products throughout their life cycle; working with Design, System, and Service Engineers to ensure our products meet company, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Engineering and 2+ years’ experience in statistics, probability and reliability prediction
Master's degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Engineering
JD/PhD
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Multi-disciplinary collaboration skills, including facilitation and communication at the component, sub-system, and system level
2+ years of product safety engineering experience or Software Development or systems safety analysis
Application of agile development methods to deliver engineering work products
Experience with military qualification and/or FAA certification of airborne systems
Familiarity with the one or more of the following standards: ARP4754, ARP4761, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1629, DO-178C, DO-254, AMCOM 385 and IEE 1633-2016
Gas turbine engine, propulsion, or electrical control system experience
Demonstrated experience with control system design and one or more of the following tools: Fault Tree+, Reliability Workbench, DOORS, Cameo Systems Modeler
Knowledge of systems engineering, and robust design tools and techniques coupled with the latest model-centric development approaches

Responsibilities

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 or relevant event management system both in development and in-service phases.