System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist

Job Overview

Job Title:

System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist.

Working pattern:
Fulltime;
Working location:
Indianapolis, IN.

System Safety & Reliability Engineering 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.

Rolls‑Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls‑Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive. Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions. At Rolls‑Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work.

Rolls‑Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

• Serve as the System Safety Lead during New Product Introduction, 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.

Basic Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, OR Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, OR JD/PhD. To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Requirements: 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.

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed…