Rolls-Royce
Senior Repair Design Engineer
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Senior Repair Design Engineer
Job Title: Senior Repair Design Engineer Location: Bristol – Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days On-Site Per Week)
About the Role
As a Senior Repair Design Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting operational Defence customers and Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facilities. You will develop, substantiate, and implement repair solutions for mission-critical components to ensure Rolls-Royce engines remain operational, efficient, and cost-effective.
This senior role offers the opportunity to work on diverse products, including engines such as:
- Adour
- EJ200
- RB199
- Gem
- Gnome
- Viper
- Spey
- MTR390
- MT30
- Pegasus
- TP400
- MRTT
- WR21
You will apply your expertise to guide problem-solving, support technical decisions, and deliver across varied products and stakeholders, all while leveraging your repair, design, and MRO experience.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Repair Design Engineer, you will be accountable for the following:
- Defining, developing, substantiating, and approving Repair Instructions, ensuring implementation with both internal and external repair suppliers.
- Applying sound technical judgement to service-run component acceptance standards and MRO hardware disposition.
- Collaborating with Materials Repair Technology (MRT) teams to advance, assess, and apply repair and inspection technologies.
- Identifying opportunities to reduce repair costs, enhance components' reliability, and expand repair capabilities.
- Providing technical guidance to stakeholders and engineers while streamlining repair instruction processes and tools.
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Requirements
To excel in this role at Rolls-Royce, you must:
- Hold a degree in a STEM subject (or equivalent experience in repair, design, MRO, in-service engineering, or a related engineering field).
- Bring relevant experience in developing, substantiating, approving, or supporting repair solutions for components, preferably in aerospace, gas turbines, defence, MRO, or a safety-critical context. -Possess a deep understanding of engineering principles, component behaviour, and gas turbine technologies.
You will need:
- Strong technical judgement and analytical capabilities, ensuring confidence in making evidence-based recommendations.
- Hands-on experience with CAD tools or engineering analysis and design systems, alongside an ability to manage multiple projects against tight customer timelines.
Our Workplace Culture
At Rolls-Royce, we prioritise:
- Safety first – Drive everything we do.
- Do the right thing – Stay true to our values.
- Keep it simple – Simplify complexity wherever possible.
- Make a difference – Contribute to impactful work.
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Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workforce and believe that differing perspectives foster innovation. Here, everyone belongs, and you will benefit from:
- A supportive environment.
- Unparalleled career growth opportunities.
- Murmansk.
Why Join Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is a global pioneer in innovation, dedicated to shaping tomorrow’s power solutions through clean, safe, and competitive systems. As part of our team, you will contribute to a world where trust, progress, and reliability drive progress.
Benefits We Offer
- Competitive salary.
- Performance bonus scheme.
- Employee support assistance (for wellbeing, career advice, and personal challenges).
- Employee discounts & benefits (shopping, travel, Weber Grills and more).
- Hybrid working arrangements for flexibility and balance.
- Career development programs – invest in your growth.
Accessible Innovation, Shared Purpose
For more details, reach out to Laurence Godfrey or visit:
- [Our People | Rolls-Royce](Our People | Rolls-Royce)
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