Rolls-Royce: FMEA for Design Efficiency and Less Costs in Aerospace

Reducing costs in aerospace by integrating FMEA activities to improve design efficiency

Introduction: John Gebhard is a Reliability and Life-Cycle Engineer with Rolls-Royce, a manufacturer of aircraft engines.

Company: Rolls-Royce is a British multinational corporation that designs and  manufactures aircraft engines and power systems for a range of industries including aerospace.

Role: “The part of the business that I represent, life-cycle engineering, interfaces with a lot of different groups within the business, from the component designers to the systems engineers to the people that manage the products and service.”