Local Specialist - Systems Engineering & Verification, B-52 / F130

Rolls-Royce • Indianapolis, IN

26d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Development Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements. It covers engineers who are performing Development, Systems Engineering and Verification style roles. This is an integration role where the individual will work to enable all engineering teams through coaching and support to successfully develop robust, verified engineering solutions against robust validated customer requirements. In this role, you will be working with Rolls-Royce military engine propulsion systems. As a Development Engineer with Rolls-Royce, you will be responsible to provide programmatic leadership in coordination of the cross-functional product team designing, testing, and certification of the engine. This role will also require supporting customer engagements, Program Management of Systems Engineering projects, and/or Installed Verification testing. In this role you will get to work alongside the Development Engineering Tech Lead to take the Product Verification Strategy and determine what verification tasks and experiments are required to satisfy the strategy. You will also define experiment definition, instrumentation, development hardware requirements for test to ensure the right validated test data is extracted from experimental build, test and strip to support product validation and verification.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience in gas turbine engines OR;
• A Master’s degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience in gas turbine engines OR;
• A JD/PhD with 0+ years of experience in gas turbine engines
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires USA Citizenship

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of experience in technical project management or development engineering
• Gas turbine engine test, installation, verification, and performance experience
• An excellent command of the English language for both written and oral communications
• Experience managing and interpreting requirements, and developing test plans
• Experience working in a cross-discipline, cross-functional development team
• Experience with product configuration control, quality systems, trouble reporting and root cause / corrective action
• Experience with structured verification
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative; and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule

Responsibilities

• Lead conversations between external and internal customers, to elicit and validate all stakeholder requirements including business, technical customers and partners.
• Develop the Systems Engineering and Verification strategy/approach for an Engineering Program across the entire lifecycle and ensure this is reflected in project governance and the project master schedule.
• This position will plan, manage, and develop engine/sub-system certification/qualification plans and present product introduction gated reviews, and allocate requirements to major sub-systems.
• Lead the development of product verification strategies, structured verification plans and Product Development Plans
• Leads the creation of substantiation evidence, clearance/acceptance documentation that meets the demand for the project.
• Understand experiment/test requirements and turn them into test plans, budgets, schedules and subsequently test instructions.
• Understand and articulate risks and opportunities to program leadership to support decision making.
• Lead integration activities between project teams and test to ensure instrumentation, controls, data acquisition, test limits, and test data recording are completed.
• Support on-site and off-site development engine/sub-system build and test activities.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees