Safety and Reliability Engineer Controls (f/m/d) at Rolls-Royce

Apply for Safety and Reliability Engineer Controls (f/m/d) at Rolls-Royce in Dahlewitz, BB, DE. This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Understand possible degradations and potential failure mechanisms of a gas turbine’s control system, the associated consequences of the resulting failure modes and the hazards they contribute to.
• Where applicable, develop and deploy models to characterize them using deterministic or probabilistic / data mining techniques.
• Lead and conduct the assessment of new and derivative design solutions/architectures, product operation and maintenance practices to evaluate their impact on product Safety.
• Develop and deploy models at software, component, system and asset levels in order to characterize the product's Safety attributes.
• Support the associated function and part classification activities.
• Extract actionable insights from these analyses and generate improvement proposals in order to influence the product's design, its development and its in-service management.
• Support product development, entry into service and in-service phases through the coordination, provision, and update of Safety & Reliability documentation (e.g. FHA, PSSA, electronics and unit FMECAs, SSA, TLD, requirements, etc).
• Coordinate with customers, suppliers and regulatory authorities on Safety & Reliability matters on behalf of the specific specialist discipline.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree, Master's or PhD (or regional equivalent) in Engineering, Computer Science, Math or a related technical discipline.
• Practical experience conducting safety assessments, failure analyses, or verification tests on control or embedded systems is required.
• Candidates must be able to demonstrate hands-on involvement in technical analysis through academic projects, internships, or professional roles.
• Demonstrated experience in applying analytical tools and methods to the safety assessment of complex control or embedded systems—including mechanical, electronic, and software elements—is strongly preferred.
• Technical experience in the deployment of Safety & Reliability tools and methods or interest in this area.
• Knowledge of MATLAB/SIMULINK is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: ARP4761, ARP4754A, DO-178C, DO-160, DO-254 or safety standards from other industries, e.g. ISO26262.
• Experience with aerospace certification frameworks is an advantage, but candidates with transferable certification or homologation experience from other regulated industries are welcome.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Application closing date:

Job Category Engineering for Services Posting Date 21 aug. 2026; 00:08