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Job title: Design Engineer

Working pattern: Full-time

Location: Bristol/Hybrid

Why Rolls-Royce?

As a Design Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in enabling the delivery of our Defence combat strategy for the next 50 years.

We’re a leading global player in the defence aero engine market. From combat to transport, trainers to helicopters, we provide 16,000 military engines and pioneering service solutions to 160 customers in 103 countries.

We’re focused on developing world-leading, next generation power and propulsion technology. But while our reputation as innovators in defence aerospace underpins everything we do, it’s our people who keep us at the forefront of discovery. This is your chance to be part of it.

Defence Future Programmes is where we develop cutting edge defence aviation solutions, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to power next generation air combat systems, like Tempest. We deliver future solutions to meet customer’s emerging requirements.

Join us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. You can learn more about our total reward here .

Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

What you will be doing:

In this role, you’ll create innovative designs that operate at the extremes of technology and deliver solutions that meet our customer’s needs. You will be working with multi-disciplinary teams and using design tools such as PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), CAD (NX) and DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis). Your solutions need to be cost-effective, align to project milestones and take into account the full product lifecycle (such as manufacture, assembly, operation, repair, test and disposal). Collaborating with programme, product and corporate teams, you will:

• Ensure design solutions are tolerant of the environment in which they operate.
• Use systems engineering, robust design, optimisation, integration and innovation tools and processes to achieve the solutions.
• Defining the mechanical and functional system, sub-systems and components to meet customers' requirements. Responding to the issues identified during validation and supporting in-service operation of the existing system and sub-systems.
• Having technical responsibility of the solutions throughout the technical approval process.

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.

• Embrace agility – you will be able to respond quickly to challenges and be able to manage progress despite, missing, ambiguous, or changing requirements.
• Bold – you believe in yourself and the team to bravely push the boundaries and feel comfortable with ‘failing fast’ to pursue rapid knowledge capture.
• Pursue collaboration – you find strength in working with others, both inside and outside of our business, and value the diversity of people and perspectives.
• Seeks simplicity – you keep it simple and remove complexity, in how you communicate and the way you work

These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

You will also be:

• Degree level qualified in a STEM subject and experience in a relevant engineering environment (Mechanical, Aeronautical, Electrical or Controls). Other qualifications, in combination with relevant experience, may also be considered. Experience with electrical machinery (desirable).
• Highly numerate with good technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking. Excellent communication; written, interpersonal and presentation skills, and will need to be able to contribute effectively in a team environment.
• Able to work accurately and at pace. Driven to succeed and can take the lead in identifying project requirements, specifying and executing packages of work.
• Experienced in digital design tools for 3D parametric modelling and design, analysis, and automation of design processes. Build on your previous aerospace or industrial experience.

Be yourself and be your best

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.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here .

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence Business there may be a requirement for an individual to hold a level of National Security Vetting (NSV). If the requirement is identified Rolls-Royce will support the application for NSV if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Closing date: 16th July 2023

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