Jobs at Rolls-Royce

Manage supplier industrialisation, manufacturing readiness, APQP and PPAP activities across global aerospace supply chains. Assess supplier capability and industrialisation risk, resolve technical and quality barriers, support product cost reduction, and contribute to procurement technology programmes. Collaborate with Procurement, Quality, Design, Engineering, and suppliers to deliver technical, cost, quality, and delivery outcomes. Use manufacturing engineering tools, Net Inspect, and Power BI for knowledge development and compliance reporting.

Analyze whole-engine and on-wing vibration data to support engine pass-off, release decisions, rework recommendations, failure investigations, and maintenance workscope optimization. Provide technical support, identify trends and anomalies, communicate findings, and collaborate with engineering and software teams to develop and validate analytical tools. Contribute to continuous improvement and implement automation, AI, and machine-learning capabilities for more efficient vibration analysis workflows.

Leads manufacturing engineering governance across the external aerospace supply chain. Responsibilities include deploying manufacturing standards, managing process changes and verification, resolving technical and quality issues, improving manufacturing capabilities, supporting suppliers, and coordinating product introduction activities. The role also develops training, communities of practice, process councils, digital improvement opportunities, and stakeholder relationships while promoting safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Leads Manufacturing Engineering and supplier technical assurance across the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include ensuring manufacturing capability, product safety, HSE and quality compliance; governing technical requirements and change; managing production readiness, process capability, technical packages, projects, budgets and capacity; resolving supplier and operational issues; developing manufacturing strategies and capabilities; and leading, coaching and developing a team of engineers.

Lead delivery of Invoice-to-Pay transformation within Fix the Basics program, ensuring simplification, standardisation and automation. Align roadmap with Finance strategy, review resourcing and organisation design, embed governance and KPI/SLA reporting, harmonise processes and controls, update process documentation, and act as escalation point for stakeholders and transformation risks.

Leads Manufacturing Operations finance, including forecasting, statutory reporting, consolidated actuals, KPI standardization, financial controls, governance, productivity metrics, and continuous improvement. Partners with senior manufacturing and people leadership, provides performance insight, oversees finance systems and master data processes, manages the facility bonus scheme, and coaches the finance team.

Provides authoritative technical expertise in composite materials for civil and defense engine applications. Leads capability strategy, project definition, innovation, technical problem-solving, standards, knowledge sharing, and specialist development. Explores future composite applications, including fanblade technology, while advising senior stakeholders and mentoring technical teams. Requires professional engineering qualification, Chartered Engineer status, relevant professional membership, deep composite expertise, and knowledge of intellectual property and export control requirements.

Manage systems design and integration through testing for a large engine demonstrator while leading design activities for a small engine demonstrator. Responsibilities include integrated design planning, design iteration and approval, systems team leadership, budget and schedule management, technical data governance, whole-product non-conformance assessment, lifecycle management, and technical decision approvals. The role requires engineering expertise in demonstrator or new product introduction environments, systems approaches, project management, and engineering team leadership.

Leads the end-to-end planning function for Assembly, Test and Control manufacturing operations. Owns SIOP and long-term planning, demand management, capacity planning, inventory inputs, governance, planning systems, process improvement, and supply risk management. Provides functional leadership, coaching, and succession planning while coordinating across manufacturing, procurement, portfolio planning, customers, and other stakeholders. Ensures supply chains are capable of meeting customer and business requirements while optimizing working capital, operational costs, compliance, and delivery performance.

Maintain submarine project schedules and create Control Account Schedules aligned with customer and business requirements. Capture project scope, develop PBS, WBS, SOW, and BOE documentation, and provide planning governance and guidance. Identify schedule impacts, dependencies, and delivery risks while pursuing solutions within quality, cost, and time baselines. Interpret Earned Value Management data, apply Earned Value Techniques, and support accurate cost profiling and performance reporting.

Lead quantum computing research and algorithm development for fault-tolerant quantum computers and hybrid quantum-classical workflows. Develop and implement quantum linear equation solvers, tensor-network methods, state/matrix loading, and use HPC for classical simulation. Collaborate with industry, academia, and internal stakeholders to influence adoption and commercialisation of quantum-enabled engineering methods.

Manages statutory and group financial reporting, including IFRS-compliant financial statement notes, UK subsidiary accounts, joint venture accounting, forecasting submissions, and external audit coordination. The role interprets new accounting standards, supports disclosure requirements, leads reporting projects including M&A activities, and collaborates with finance teams, auditors, and senior stakeholders across a complex, multi-entity, multi-currency organization.

Lead and develop an engineering resource group to meet business and programme needs. Own resource and capability planning, ensure process and quality compliance across lifecycle activities, drive recruitment/subcontracting, implement performance management, and lead continuous improvement and capability development.

Lead delivery of defined engineering and technology work packages for Defence Early Lifecycle, managing cost, schedule, scope, documentation, integrated plans, status reporting, KPIs, and stakeholder communications.

Manage day-to-day security operations for Defence programmes: enforce GovS 007 policy, create/maintain security procedures, coordinate security plans and risk registers, support investigations and incidents, liaise with national/international partners, and maintain compliance with changing government guidance.

Secure Rolls-Royce products across the product lifecycle by applying systems security engineering. Develop and maintain security policies, lead small projects, collaborate with customers and suppliers, disseminate good practices, and work cross-functionally to secure embedded and cyber-physical systems.

Support NSRP maintenance planning and optimisation during Base Maintenance Periods at HMNB Clyde. Assist contract development, implement inspections/testing regimes, identify availability optimisation opportunities, drive out waste, and collaborate with Joint Project Teams and external partners.

Lead capability and assurance for major infrastructure delivery across project engineering, quality, construction, asset management, HSE, IT service and security functions for a submarine infrastructure programme. Define ways of working, deploy functional leads into delivery teams, influence stakeholders and partners, and ensure standards, governance and continual improvement across fissile and non-fissile scope.

Lead defence security governance for UK defence programmes: interpret and implement security controls, maintain RMADS and Company Security Instructions, advise management, coordinate classified-area security, oversee training, report and investigate security breaches, and ensure compliance with UK Government, MOD and allied security regulations.

Manage key customer accounts for Rolls‑Royce Submarines, draft and negotiate complex commercial contracts, identify and mitigate contract risk, author proposals and tender evaluations, advise programme, technical and finance teams, and deputise for management as needed during a 12‑month secondment in Derby.