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This is a unique opportunity to work within a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Rolls‑Royce, equipped with state‑of‑the‑art technology for investment casting, machining, and metrology of single crystal turbine components. You’ll play a key role in developing, designing, and specifying tooling that supports both investment casting and machining processes. Working as part of a co‑located design and manufacturing engineering team, you’ll collaborate closely with researchers, designers, operations teams, and external partners.
Job Responsibility:
Designing and specifying tooling, fixtures, and modelling solutions for investment casting and machining
Developing machining methods and supporting manufacturing process improvement activities
Working with designers, toolmakers, and CA teams to deliver tooling hardware and modelling activity on time
Supporting Capability Acquisition Reviews, technical packages, and technology updates
Providing regular progress updates to key stakeholders
Helping build capability for producing small, complex parts with novel geometries
Driving innovation and contributing to world‑leading research in single‑crystal casting and machining
Requirements:
Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant engineering discipline
Strong understanding of manufacturing engineering principles
Knowledge of turbine components OR investment casting OR machining processes
Understanding of investment casting tooling design (e.g., wax pattern dies)
Strong skills in problem solving, programme management, risk management, and technical communication
Nice to have:
Working in research or advanced manufacturing environments
Design for Manufacture (DfM) and working directly with customers to optimise component design
CAD experience for tooling, jigs, and fixtures
CAM and CNC machining knowledge
Managing experiments and process capability development
Developing inspection requirements and resolving non‑conformance issues
Creating methods of manufacture and technical documentation
Benchmarking external capability and supporting continuous improvement