Senior Repair Design Engineer
// Role Summary
As a Senior Repair Design Engineer at Rolls-Royce, you will develop and implement repair solutions for critical components, supporting defence customers and MRO facilities to keep engines operational, efficient, and cost-effective.
// Key Responsibilities
- Develop, substantiate, and implement repair solutions for mission-critical components.
- Support operational Defence customers and MRO facilities.
- Utilize strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills.
- Work on a diverse range of engine products.
- Collaborate with Materials Repair Technology teams on new repair techniques.
- Identify opportunities to reduce repair costs and improve reliability.
// Role Specification
Job Title: Senior Repair Design Engineer
Location: Bristol – Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days On-Site Per Week)
Working Pattern: Full Time
As a Senior Repair Design Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting operational Defence customers and Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facilities by developing, substantiating and implementing repair solutions for mission-critical components. You will bring relevant repair, design, MRO or in-service engineering experience, using sound technical judgement to keep Rolls‑Royce engines operational, efficient and cost-effective.
This senior role offers the opportunity to work on a huge diversity of products, including engines such as Adour, EJ200, RB199, Gem, Gnome, Viper, Spey, MTR390, MT30, Pegasus, TP400, MRTT, and WR21. You will use your experience to lead problem-solving, support technical decisions and deliver across varied products and stakeholders.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Senior Repair Design Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of technical repair solutions that support the maintenance and return to service of critical aerospace components. Key responsibilities include:
- Defining, developing, substantiating and approving Repair Instructions, including implementation with internal and external repair suppliers.
- Applying experienced judgement to service-run component acceptance standards and MRO hardware disposition.
- Working with Materials Repair Technology teams to develop, assess and apply repair and inspection technologies.
- Identifying opportunities to reduce repair cost, improve reliability and increase repair capability.
- Providing technical guidance to stakeholders and engineers, while improving repair instruction processes and tools.
Who We’re Looking For
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- A degree in a STEM subject or equivalent experience in repair, design, MRO, in-service support or related engineering.
- Relevant experience developing, substantiating, approving or supporting component repair solutions, ideally in aerospace, gas turbines, defence, MRO or another safety-critical environment.
- A strong understanding of engineering principles, component behaviour and/or gas turbine technologies.
- Strong technical judgement, analytical capability and problem-solving skills, with confidence making evidence-based recommendations.
- Experience using CAD or engineering analysis/design tools, and the ability to manage multiple delivery commitments across customers and timelines.