Adour Lifecycle Engineer

Job Description

Adour Lifecycle Engineer

Full Time

Bristol

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

To provide world-class technical support for in-service/delivered products and to influence maturity throughout the product life cycle to meet customer and business needs, ensuring Design Intent is met.

To ensure the safe, reliable and cost-effective product attributes are defined and maintained by means of through life modelling of product reliability, deterioration mechanisms, costs and help implement robust & cost-effective solutions.

Key Accountabilities

•  Management of known and potential safety issues (SAR & RT) and appropriate involvement in safety boards as defined in Safety Management Plan.
• Provide technical support to help resolve technical queries and operational arising
• Lead Investigation of operational issues to establish root caus
•  Introduce containment actions and recommend corrective action
•  Provide technical surveillance and quality assurance audits to support continuous product enhancement for customer satisfaction and business expectation.
• Develop and approve the technical content of technical publications/communications (used by OEM, build/commissioning/maintenance bases and customers) including acceptance limit development
•  Set reliability targets (such operational disruption metrics) based on historical data and monitor performance against targets
• Predict future safety and reliability performance based on failure rates, adopting statistical techniques to support Numerial Risk Assessment, Parametric Distribution and fly forward analysis.

Key Experiences and any Qualifications
 

• Engineering or Numerical degree (or equivalent with experience)
• Knowledge of components/ systems functionality and numerical methods
• Experience of working on complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous
• Familiarity of the in-service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Closing Date: 20th September 2026

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Miscellaneous HQ

Posting Date

15 Sept 2026; 00:09

Posting End Date

19 Sept 2026