Chief of Component Engineering - Adour

Job Title: Chief of Component Engineering – Adour

Working Pattern:  Days

Working location: (Bristol/Hybrid)

Reporting to the Chief Engineer - Adour, the Chief of Component Engineering will provide technical leadership to our deployed Engineers in the delivery of our in-service support to our customers.  In addition, the Chief of Component Engineering will drive delivery of tasks to the required technical quality and ensure compliance with Rolls-Royce processes and customer requirements. This role will serve as our Sub-System and Component Engineering advocate for Engineering work packages and will work closely with the Chief Design Engineer – Adour, to ensure robust design solutions are put in place across the range of our system, sub-system and component work packages and day-to-day activities. With the insight of our customers and operators and working across multi-disciplinary teams, the Chief of Component Engineering will play a key role in identifying and driving improvements in the way we work.

What you will be doing:

• To be the Whole Engine Definition (WED) / project Engineering leadership prime technical interface (both internal and external) in respect of any relevant Sub-System and Component Engineering work packages. To provide technical leadership and support to the Adour deployed engineering and programme management teams to comply with the Engineering Function’s policies and the RRMS, throughout the entire life cycle of each engine programme.
• To assure and lead product safety and to support safety activities, to timely completion, including driving the completion of safety reviews following Technical Assessment Documents (TADs), robust root cause analysis and driving the introduction of any safety related modifications.
• To provide technical leadership, coaching and governance, supporting new design definitions through the Design Technical Approval (DTA) process ensuring that solution requirements and processes are satisfied and complied with, including the identification and championing of opportunities for unit and life-cycle cost reductions.

• To provide technical leadership in respect of the component reactivations, manufacturing engagement and approvals, sentencing of manufacturing, in-service and MRO deviations and support to the approval of repairs.
• To provide coaching to the deployed engineers and to work closely with Deployed Engineering Leads and Core Engineering in respect of professional and personal development of the deployed engineers.
• To support our many delivery demands across in-service availability (e.g. support to the Defence UK Operations Centre) and also to customer delivery (e.g. non-conformance, FAIRs and FPAs/MVAs).
• To deputise for the Chief Engineer, as required.

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.

Position qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering ore relevant Science or Mathematics degree subject with suitable experience
• Appropriate design/functional domain knowledge to facilitate competent oversight of Engineering activity
• Proven extensive experience in leading optimised design/function solutions

 Preferred requirements:

• Demonstrable understanding of component design as well as an appreciation of manufacturing and supply chain issues
• Excellent working-level knowledge and experience of all relevant technical skills
• A creative thinker who is comfortable with ambiguity and is a pragmatic problem solver.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance.  Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.  Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive

Grade:  Global Grade Level C

Closing date:    Friday 12th June 2026