Sub-system Design

Job Description

An exciting opportunities for Sub-System Design Engineers have arisen to influence and shape the future of the Defence business in India. The roles involve working with business and external stakeholders to support the delivery of key programme milestones thus enabling the delivery of our Defence Combat strategy.

In this role, you will create innovative, world-class Fans, Compressors, Combustor, Turbines, Power Transmission, Structures or Externals designs that operate at the extremes of technology and deliver solutions that satisfy customer requirements by balancing product attributes. 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).

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.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planet. 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. 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 pounds worth of investments.

Future Programmes UK and International is at the heart of securing the future growth of the Defence business. We are delivering tomorrows technology fast, by bringing together the company’s best engineers, programme managers and business professionals. Working in partnership with Governments, primes, and new technology companies across the globe, we deliver future solutions to meet the customers emerging requirements.

Work with 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.

What you will be doing:

- Collaborating across Engineering Disciplines, including Verification, Manufacturing and Services.
- Ensuring 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 customer 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:

- Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering. Other qualifications, in combination with relevant experience, may also be considered.
- Good understanding of Gas Turbine Engine design processes and methods.
- Familiar with digital design tools for 3D parametric modelling and design, analysis, and automation of design processes.
- Highly numerate with strong technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking.
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, and will need to be able to contribute effectively in a team environment.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realize their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at

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Closing Date: 26th November 2024

Type of Contract

Permanent