System Safety & Reliability Engineer Specialist

Job Description 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. Why Rolls-Royce? 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. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference. Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. What you will be doing With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to: 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. Who we’re looking for: At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. 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 What we offer 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 and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming. Relocation assistance is available for this position. Closing date: June 30, 2026 #CLOLI Job Category Engineering for Services Job Posting Date 09 Jun 2026; 00:06 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.