Component Design Engineer

Job Title: Component Design Engineer

Working Pattern: Hybrid / Onsite 3 days per week in office

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

As a Material Review Board (MRB) Design Engineer you will be a part of the Production Improvement Engineering Team, responsible for providing engineering input on non-conforming products. You will provide engineering support for production parts made by the internal plants and from vendors over a variety of Supply Chain Units (SCUs), resulting in a tangible impact on engine and spares delivery.

You will have flexibility to work on structures & transmissions, turbines, or compressors, depending upon the needs of the business and relevant experience. The team’s primary location is co-located with operations at the Excellence Building. There you will have the opportunity to see hardware and interface with the manufacturing and assembly teams.

What you will be doing:

• Engineer assessing complex MRB and production issues that require collaboration with a variety of other business units and disciplines such as Performance, Thermals, Air Systems, Materials, Dynamics, Component Stress, Manufacturing, Production, and Inspection as required
• Key delegate that is able to represent RRC engineering during urgent manufacturing issues
• Builds engineering justification for disposition of non-conformances to be captured in Technical Analysis Reports (TARs)
• Responsible for assessment and execution of Tooling Layout (TLO) Requests
• Identifies and leads improvement projects to help factories flow
• Assesses non-conforming hardware against engineering acceptance criteria

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2+ years of experience in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering OR
• A Masters degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering OR
• JD/PhD
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident

Preferred:

• Experience with the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis MRB Web App and general MRB processes
• Possesses strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a high pressure and fast paced environment
• Technical writing and communication experience
• Experience reviewing and approving technical documents
• Design experience from multiple component areas (i.e. compressor and turbine statics, rotatives, structures, etc.)

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.

It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming. This is not a remote role.

Job expires: 2/26/26

Relocation is available for this role if appropriate

Mechanical Systems $94,160 - $153,010-Annually Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.