Manufacturing Engineer – Adhesive bonding/Composite Surface Protection System

Rolls-Royce are currently developing manufacturing methods, processes and materials for their composite fan blades and fan containment casings.  We are currently going through an exciting phase of growth as we deliver composite components and manufacturing programmes across a range of products, including UltraFan® Engine demonstrator programme.

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.

The Composite Technology Facility (CTF) is part of our Engineering, Technology and Safety business. There is an excellent opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to work within our business and within the UltraFan® Integrated Project Team. This work will involve the development of the hardware for a range of components and engine architectures. The role will be based in CTF Bristol on the Filton site and visits to our offsite facility. It will involve working closely with other parts of the business including Rolls-Royce Derby, external suppliers and the National Composites Centre (NCC).

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.

This roll will give the chosen applicant an opportunity to develop within manufacturing team and enable them to influence the creation and delivery of the next generation composite fan system. The successful candidate will manage packages of work within the CTF and be responsible for delivering results across a cross-functional team from Design Engineers, Technical specialist through to Operations and Quality.

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 get a chance to:

• Deliver and develop surface protection systems as well as adhesive bonding techniques for a range of components from fan blades to structures providing a capable method to the operation team in the facility.

• Ensure the preforming process techniques meet our customer’s requirements for Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Lead time.

• Develop the Technical Package (Equipment Specification, TI’s, PFMEAs, Tooling, Equipment and HSE documentation) to define the manufacturing process and control it effectively.

• Identify opportunities for new or improved process using statistical process control (Ppk and Cpk) to meet current or future requirements whilst sharing best practice across the community.

• Drive the composite process to Zero Defects through cost and quality waterfalls, owning the technology plan and strategy as we head toward industrialising the UltraFan system.

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:

• Engineering or relevant discipline degree, HND or HNC with Manufacturing Engineering experience.
• Knowledge of adhesive bonding, surface preparation, composite SPS, their assembly and curing using ovens and autoclaves as well as corresponding design of tooling for these processes.

• Understanding of technology readiness levels (TRL) (or similar processes such as MCRL) and driving processes to maturity

• Understanding of the manufacturing engineering toolset to improve processes in our route to zero defects.

• Experience working to aerospace management systems and following process controls.

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