Rolls-Royce’s engines power more than just aircraft. They work with buildings, heavy machinery and even ships too. In Hamburg, Germany, pilot boats, used by nautical officers to help guide visiting ships safely into port, are powered by Rolls-Royce’s MTU engines equipped with sensors, which transmits data to a computer over 10,000 km away back in Singapore.
Here, in Rolls-Royce’s IoT Labs, a young electrical engineering graduate by the name of Hans Ivander analyses the engine’s performance data. As part of the IoT team at Rolls-Royce’s Emerging Technology department, Hans tracks the engine’s usage, providing predictive maintenance and helping the customers in Germany increase reliability and decrease downtime.
Solving the problems of the future requires the talent of tomorrow, and these graduates are great examples of how Rolls-Royce raises the next generation of innovators, engineers, data scientists and managers to meet these upcoming challenges.
Our story comes to a close in a conference room in Rolls-Royce’s Seletar office, where all of our graduates have gathered for a chat on their incredible journeys around the world thanks to the graduate programme. Although they will part ways soon, there stands a very good chance that they will meet again in the future – this time as managers, executives and leaders – working together to push the boundaries of technological innovation for a brighter future.