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System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Bristol Full-Time No home office possible

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System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Job Title: System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Location: Bristol – Hybrid
Working Pattern: Full Time

As a System Safety & Reliability Engineer , you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of advanced aerospace and defence power systems. This role is key to maintaining operational excellence, mitigating risks, and enhancing the resilience of mission-critical technologies.

You will work on cutting-edge safety and reliability engineering projects, shaping the future of military aviation and naval propulsion. If you are passionate about problem-solving, risk assessment, and working in a dynamic engineering environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world, leading innovation for over a century. We design, build, and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. As a force for progress, we power, protect, and connect people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that have shaped our history continue into our future. We need people like you to join us on this journey. We provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth 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 schemes
Employee support assistance
Employee discounts
Hybrid working arrangements
Career development programs

What You Will Be Doing

As a System Safety & Reliability Engineer , you will play a vital role in influencing design by understanding how failures affect system operation. You will analyse designs and ensure they meet appropriate safety and reliability standards.

Key responsibilities include:

Evaluating design concepts to identify potential failures, consequences, and hazard mitigation strategies.
Conducting Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to assess potential failure modes.
Identifying critical and significant parts and systems through product risk analysis.
Using mathematical methods to analyze failures.
Producing Safety Case reports.

Who We’re Looking For

To be successful in this role, you should have:

A degree in a STEM subject and relevant engineering experience.
Strong problem-solving skills with an analytical and logical approach.
Familiarity with gas turbine engine design and operation (Advantageous).
Knowledge of Safety & Reliability engineering techniques (Advantageous).
Experience in risk assessment methodologies.

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 give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem-solving.

We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise 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: 31/3/25