Job Description

Job Title: Thermofluids Engineer, Defence Mature Programmes

Working Pattern : Full time

Working location: Bristol-Hybrid Working

*NB: First Stage telephone interviews will be held on the following dates: 10th-12th of March.

If shortlisted for 2nd stage interview candidates must be available for a face to face on site interview at Rolls-Royce  Bristol on the 17th of March.

Thermofluids engineering is responsible for design and analysis of gas turbine air, oil, fuel, and thermal management systems along with component through whole engine thermal analysis.  This role in Defence Mature Programmes focuses on providing critically important support to ensure safe, continuous operation of our products for our customers, with applications including Adour, EJ200, RB199, Gem, Gnome, Viper, Spey, MTR390, MT30, Pegasus, TP400, MRTT and WR21.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Around the world, around the clock, we provide the power and support our customers need to fulfil their missions. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers. From combat to transport, from trainers to helicopters, our engines and pioneering service solutions ensure that our Defence customers have world-leading engine technology available, whatever the mission demands

As a Thermofluid Systems Engineer role is based in Rolls-Royce’s Defence Mature Engines division in Bristol, you will be part of the wider programme focused on supporting our existing products and customers.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

We work with a diverse, multi-skill and multi-organisational team on a wide range of engaging, challenging technical problems; employing and developing analytical tools and methods, data analysis, and logic and judgement. We provide a direct impact to the availability and continued operation of our products by our customers, enabling them to achieve maximum mission capability. In doing so, we deliver our contractual commitments to generate revenue for the business.

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.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will support our customers through in support of safety investigations, in-service arisings, manufacturing defects, operational behaviour and product change to assess or predict product behaviour and ensure continued safe operation of our products, including the chance to:

Perform detailed fluid flow analyses of gas turbine engine air, oil, and/or fuel systems, subsystems, and components using 1-D network analysis and occasional Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analyses in support of fluid flow and heat transfer understanding.Perform detailed thermo-mechanical of gas turbine engine component, subsystems and/or whole engine temperatures and/or deflections using 1D, 2D and 3D Finite Element AnalysisApply systems engineering concepts to define whole engine fluid systems and support resolution of system-level issues, including preparing and presenting the output of analysis or tests in formal in informal design reviews, and working together with other engineers in Thermofluids, Engine Performance, Controls, Installations, Turbines, Compressors, Combustion, and Power Transmission SystemsSupport engine development testing through analysis or on-site test by planning, monitoring, inspection of instrumented hardware (pre and post-test), data reduction, and model validation

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.

To be successful in this role you will need the following experience and skills:

Basic: Degree/experience based on grade of role advertised

Associate’s Degree and 4+ years of experience orBachelor's Degree and 2+ years of experience orMaster's DegreeJD/PhDExperience with product requirements and risk processesMust be motivated to accept responsibility and accomplish results for the customerHighly numerate with strong technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking.Exceptional interpersonal skills for interfacing with multiple groups and will need to be able to communicate effectively in a team environmentMust demonstrate creative thinking skills and sound judgement

Preferred:

Experience in gas turbine secondary air system, oil system, fuel system or thermal management system design, modeling, and analysis.Experience in finite element-based heat transfer or thermo-mechanical analysis.Experience with Rolls-Royce Thermofluid Systems analysis tools (SPAN, SC03, AMESim, Simscape, Fluent, STAR-CCM+, and/or NPSS)Experience in gas turbine engine development / production / overhaul test analysis and troubleshooting

*To work for Rolls-Royce you may need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance for some roles. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, for some roles you must hold a UK nationality.* 

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 realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Posting Date

19 Feb 2025; 00:02

Posting End Date

27 Feb 2025