Safety and Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Safety & Reliability Engineer - LiftSystem
Indianapolis, IN
 

As a Safety & Reliability Engineer – LiftSystem, you will ensure that the safety and reliability attributes of the LiftSystem are understood and that the risks arising from them are managed to an acceptable level. This role involves the integration of many areas of knowledge and expertise to create and support complex systems that enable reliable system operation under highly challenging conditions.
 

Dream Big and Make an Impact

In this position you will support our engineering products throughout their entire life cycle; working with Design, System, and Service Engineers to ensure our products meet company, customer and regulatory requirements for the system safety and reliability.

At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs. We embrace the power of data and technology and aim to be Digital First in everything we do.
 

To ensure we continue to be pioneers of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 16,500 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialisation, we also offer freedom to cross-specialise and develop skills across a number of different areas.
 

Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.
 

Key Accountabilities

• Understand the LiftSystem's degradation and failure mechanisms, their associated consequences and the hazards to which they contribute.  Develop and deploy models to characterize them using deterministic or probabilistic/data mining techniques.
• Assess new and derivative design solutions/architectures, product operation and maintenance practices to evaluate their impact on product safety and reliability.  Develop and deploy models at component, system, asset and fleet levels in order to characterize the product's safety and reliability attributes. 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, DFMEA etc.).
• Support in-service product through the execution of Safety & Reliability work required to address specific issues or concerns and through the support of periodic safety reviews.
• Support the FRACAS or relevant event management system both in development and in-service phases.
   

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Engineering and 3 years’ experience, or
• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Engineering, or
• JD/PhD.
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen or permanent resident.
   

Preferred Requirements:

• Strong interest in statistics, probability and reliability prediction
• An ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems
• Technical experience in the deployment of Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools and methods
• Demonstrated multi-disciplinary collaboration skills, including facilitation and communication at the component, sub-system, and system level
   

Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.
 

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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here