Chief of Product Industrialisation

Rolls-Royce is hiring a Chief of Product Industrialisation for a remote role open to applicants in United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Rolls-Royce.

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Tools and skills the posting cites include manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering and simulation.
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Lead manufacturing engineering and production system design, simulation, and industrialisation for new aerospace products.

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Job Description

Chief of Product Industrialisation

Full Time/ Hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Derby/Bristol

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Chief of Product Industrialisation to join the Manufacturing Engineering Industrialisation Team in Derby or Bristol. This is a Senior Leadership position reporting to the Head of Manufacturing Engineering – ET&S.

The Chief of Product Industrialisation is accountable for the design, development and industrialisation of the production systems required to deliver new and evolving products at the required rate, quality, cost and schedule.

The role translates product definition, programme requirements and demand into an integrated industrial solution — bringing together Industrial Engineering, manufacturing process design, production system architecture, factory design and layout, simulation, automation, material flow and industrial investment.

The role ensures that the product and its production system are developed concurrently, using analytical modelling and simulation to optimise and validate the industrial system before significant physical investment or rate commitment.

What you will be doing:

Design safe, scalable production systems — Own the end-to-end industrial concept for new and evolving products, ensuring HSE compliance and optimising process sequence, takt, flow, capacity, labour, equipment and resilience to deliver rate, quality, cost and schedule.
Engineer factories and technology for performance — Lead factory design, layout, material flow and infrastructure, integrating automation, robotics and advanced manufacturing technologies where they provide clear operational and economic value and enable future growth.
Validate decisions through modelling and simulation — Use analytical models and simulation to test concepts, expose constraints and variability, validate capacity and resources, and provide a robust, traceable basis for industrial investment before physical implementation or rate commitment.
Shape products and strengthen industrialisation capability — Develop products and production systems concurrently, influencing product definition to reduce industrial complexity and risk while deploying common methods, standards and tools and building enterprise Industrial Engineering capability.

Preferred qualifications:

Professionally qualified Engineer, Metallurgist or Chemist (UK minimum BEng degree or another national equivalent)

Preferred requirements:

Manufacturing leader with deep expertise in Industrial Engineering and production-system design, supported by strong experience in factory design, manufacturing systems, capacity and flow analysis, simulation, automation and major industrial investment
Capable of moving comfortably between product architecture, manufacturing process, factory physics, manufacturing economics and be capable of translating those disciplines into enterprise-level industrial decisions.
Experience of complex, highly regulated, manufacturing environments is important, but the individual should also bring strong understanding of high-rate production principles and how those principles can be intelligently applied to aerospace.

Regional benefits

Generous Annual Leave
Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
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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.

Closing date: Midnight 9th November 2026

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

27 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date

09 Nov 2026

How we rate this

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Chief of Product Industrialisation is an open job at Rolls-Royce.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Derby and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 27, 2026.
Seniority: executive.
Applications are handled by Rolls-Royce. Apply on Rolls-Royce

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