T56/Helicopters Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

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 you’ll lead a team that ensures the safety and reliability attributes of our T56/501 & Helicopters 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.

Tasks include mathematical modeling of complex systems, probabilistic safety assessments, and hazard assessments, as well as extracting actionable insights to improve our products. We apply multi-domain engineering knowledge for components and systems, detailing failure mechanisms and their system effects.

• Do you have an abundance of curiosity? A persistent un-ease with 'safe enough' and a relentless drive to prevent failures?
• Do you possess multi-disciplinary collaboration skills, including facilitation, communication, and influence at all levels of an organization?
• Do you enjoy working on a diverse team, drawing upon and contributing to the diverse technical backgrounds of its members?

What you will be doing:

• Serve as the T56/Helicopters System Safety Lead to manage safety and reliability activities for these mature products, coordinating at all levels within the product program team. Find the solutions and relevant safety actions that make an impact to our customers.
• 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 use on Mature Programs, while collaborating with the global function.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering Discipline with 5+ years’ experience with knowledge of statistics and systems engineering, OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Applied Statistics or Actuarial Science with 5+ years’ experience with a passion to apply it to product safety and reliability, OR
• Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering and 3+ years’ experience.
• You must be a US citizen or permanent resident

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with T56/501 and/or Helicopter engine products
• Knowledge of Rolls-Royce Safety Management processes and principles
• 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.

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: July 25, 2026

#CLOLI

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Job Posting Date

22 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay 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.