Rolls-Royce plc

System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Rolls-Royce plc • $78K — $128K *
Novi, MI 48375In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering with 1+ years of experience or a Master's/PhD in the same fields.
  • US citizenship is a requirement.
  • Experience in Safety and Reliability engineering tools is preferred.
  • Ability to think logically and innovatively in technical problem-solving.
  • Membership in ASQ, working toward Certified Reliability Engineer credentials is an advantage.

Responsibilities

  • Model degradation and failure mechanisms to reduce product hazards.
  • Evaluate the safety and reliability impacts of design solutions and maintenance practices.
  • Conduct Safety & Reliability Engineering analyses during product development phases.
  • Support ongoing Reliability Initiatives and the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS).
  • Collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines to ensure comprehensive risk assessments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards package including base pay and discretionary bonuses.
  • Health, dental, vision, disability, life, and accident insurance options.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching benefits.
  • Paid Time Off, paid parental leave, and family care leave.
  • Tuition reimbursement and employee assistance programs.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Title: System Safety & Reliability Engineer

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN or Novi, MI

As a System Safety & Reliability Engineer, you'll be part of a team that ensures 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 knowledge to create and support complex systems that enable reliable system operation under highly challenging conditions.

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

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

  • Understanding 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, etc.).
  • Support the FRACAS and Reliability Initiatives in development and in-service phases.


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 of Science degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering with 1+ years of experience OR
  • Master's of Science in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering OR
  • PhD degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Engineering
  • In order to be considered for this role, you must be a US citizen


Preferred Requirements:

  • Multi-disciplinary collaboration skills, including facilitation and communication at the component, sub-system, and system level
  • Technical experience in the use of Safety and/or Reliability engineering tools (e.g.) Weibull++, XFMEA, XFRACAS, [redacted], Reliability Workbench.
  • 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
  • Member of ASQ working toward Certified Reliability Engineer credentials


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: October 8, 2026

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Job Category

Engineering for Services

Job Posting Date

24 Sep 2026; 00:09
Pay Range

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

$78,918 - $128,242-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.

About Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational engineering company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power systems for aviation, marine, and energy markets. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in London, England. Rolls-Royce is a leading provider of power systems for civil and military aircraft, and is also a major supplier of power systems for marine vessels. The company's energy division provides power systems for the oil and gas industry, as well as for power generation and other industrial applications. Rolls-Royce has operations in over 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people worldwide.
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