Sub-System Design Engineer

Job Title: Sub-system Design Engineer - S&T

Industry: Defence

Years of Experience: 3 to 15 years

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.

Summary:

Sub-System Design Engineers have arisen to influence and shape the future of the Defence business in India. The role involves 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’ll be designing cutting-edge sub-system and components for defence projects to deliver solutions that meet both customer requirements and project goals. Working with multi-disciplinary teams, you’ll use tools like PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), CAD (NX) and DFMEA (Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis) through every stage, taking ownership of the technical details along the way.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across engineering disciplines—including Verification, Manufacturing, and Services—and with external stakeholders to support key programme milestones in alignment with the Defence Combat strategy.
• Design innovative, world-class sub-system and components that operate at the extremes of the environment and meet customer requirements by balancing performance attributes.
• Use systems engineering, robust design, optimisation, integration, and innovation tools to develop cost-effective solutions aligned with project timelines.
• Define mechanical and functional systems, sub-systems, and components; address issues identified during validation; support in-service operations; and maintain technical responsibility through the approval process.

Qualifications:

• 3-15 years of experience with Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering; other qualifications with relevant experience may be considered.
• Strong 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.
• Experience of Robust Design, Design for Manufacture (DfM), Systems Engineering is advantageous.
• Highly numerate with strong technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking. Excellent communication, inter-personal and presentation skills, and will need to be able to contribute effectively in a team environment.

Our future vision is to deepen our world-class engineering and technology capability and lead next generation thinking for our customers. 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.