System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist - Civil Mature Engines

Job Description

Job Title: System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist - Civil Mature Engines

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 office days a week)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.

You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary:

As a System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist for Civil Mature Engines (including AE 3007A/C, AE 2100A, RB211-535/524, and Trent 800) you will lead safety activities to ensure the safety and reliability attributes of the Civil Mature Engines 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 with reliable system operation under challenging conditions. 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. In this role you will travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

What you will be doing:

• Serve as the System Safety Lead for Civil Mature Engines including AE 3007A/C, AE 2100A, RB211-535/524, and Trent 800 applications, coordinating at all levels within the product program team. Find the solutions that matter to our customers through understanding the solution space that influences the product lifecycle.
• Understand 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, Human Factors, etc.).
• Lead and coach System Safety & Reliability tasks. Provide technical task leadership / consulting to System Safety & Reliability Engineers. Develop S&R methods and tools for the global function.
• Tasks include mathematical modeling of complex systems, probabilistic safety assessments, and hazard assessments, extracting actionable insights to improve our products. We apply multi-domain engineering knowledge for components and systems, detailing failure mechanisms and their system effects.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics or Actuarial Science with 5+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics or Actuarial Science with 3+ years of experience, OR
• PhD in Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics or Actuarial Science
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Member of ASQ possessing Certified Reliability Engineer credentials
• Technical experience in the use of Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools (e.g.) the Synthesis Suite, @RISK, Reliability Workbench.
• Knowledge of the acceptable means of compliance that may be used to support a new program or product.

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

Infinite Potential

Closing date: October 21, 2026

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Job Posting Date

14 Oct 2026; 00:10

Pay Range

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

$122,741 - $199,454-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.