Sub-System Design Lead

Job Title: Sub-System Design Lead - LibertyWorks

Working Pattern: Full-Time On Site

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

An excellent opportunity has arisen within LibertyWorks engineering for an Inlet and Exhaust Sub-System Design Lead.   The Design Lead will provide engineering support to various technology programs and integrated project teams across the Defense business.  The successful candidate will ensure that processes and methods are accurate, understood and consistently applied throughout the business via coaching of deployed engineers.

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.

What you will be doing

• Provide technical coaching, training, and written guidance to deployed engineers
• Maintain, improve and develop in-house analysis tools and associated guidance materials
• Support review and maintenance of site technology strategies, and actively participate in technology development programs
• Execute engineering analysis for inlet and exhaust components
• Provide engineering support of safety, development and/or service-related issues as they relate to inlet and exhaust systems

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 behaviors 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:

• Bachelors in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 5+ years of design experience; OR
• Master’s Degree Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 3+ years of design experience; OR
• PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• To be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires US Citizenship

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience designing gas turbine components and sub-systems, including functional knowledge of relevant materials and structural analysis.
• Leadership experience overseeing designs of gas turbine components/sub-systems from concept through manufacturing and test
• Experience using computer aided design tools such as Siemens NX
• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), and the creation of limit stacks
• Experience with generic design processes as well as component specific design guidance
• Familiarity with structural component manufacturing processes including castings
• Design experience with gas turbine hot section components
• Familiarity working with whole engine loading and analysis
• Technology development experience
• Programming skills such as Visual Basic, Python, PERL, C++ and/or computational tools such as MATLAB
• Good interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative; and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule
• An excellent command of the English language for both written and oral communications

What we offer

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

Relocation assistance is available for this role as applicable.

Global Grade/Level: Level C

Closing Date: 06/26/2026

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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.