Testing Engineer Military Engines
About The Position
The Testing Engineer of Military Engines ensures that Rolls-Royce products meet business, customer, and regulatory requirements. This integration role supports engineering teams through coaching and collaboration to develop robust, verified engineering solutions based on validated customer requirements. The role coordinates, prepares, and performs diesel engine development, calibration, and engineering support in engine dynamometer test cells, on HiL/MiL systems, and when needed, in the field. Work primarily supports military diesel engines, with similar work on commercial heavy-duty diesel engines depending on business needs. The engineer develops and evaluates solutions considering system effectiveness, reliability, configuration, emissions regulations, customer requirements, and cost. The position also supports commissioning and testing of prototype engines and vehicles and early production units with customers and their subcontractors. Applications include wheeled and tracked military vehicles, mining equipment, marine, rail, and oil and gas. The engineer develops technically feasible alternatives that account for project time and cost constraints. The role is based in the Aiken, South Carolina area, with the posting also identifying Graniteville, South Carolina as the location. It requires flexible hours, including night shifts and weekends, and 50–80% domestic and international travel, sometimes on short notice. Relocation assistance may be provided if applicable. The work is approximately 20% cubicle-based planning, management, analysis, and coordination, and 80% in test centers, shops, and field conditions, including prototype vessel environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Automotive Engineering and 3 years of engineering experience testing and calibrating combustion engines in a dynamometer test cell and in the field; alternatively, 7 years of that engineering experience.
- Must be available to work flexible hours, including night shifts and weekends.
- U.S. citizenship is required because the position occasionally works under a government contract.
- Must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer without sponsorship; visa sponsorship or transfer is unavailable.
- Ability to travel 50–80% domestically and internationally, sometimes on short notice.
- Ability to bend, stand over, lie down, and perform tasks in tight marine engine compartments or engine rooms for extended periods.
- Ability to lift, push, and pull weights in the 20–60 lb range.
Nice To Haves
- Excellent knowledge of internal combustion engine principles and complete operation, including diesel engine technology.
- Excellent experience diagnosing diesel engines in test cells and when installed in vehicles.
- Excellent experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic diesel engine components.
- Excellent knowledge of engine control units and their operation.
- Excellent work and time management skills.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate, prepare, and perform diesel engine development, calibration, and engineering support in dynamometer test cells, on HiL/MiL systems, and in the field as necessary.
- Develop, analyze, and evaluate engineering solutions, considering effectiveness, reliability, configuration, emissions regulations, customer requirements, and cost.
- Coordinate, support, and perform commissioning and testing of prototype engines and vehicles and early production units with customers and subcontractors.
- Develop technically feasible alternatives that address project challenges with consideration for time and cost.
- Provide coaching and support to engineering teams to help them develop robust, verified solutions based on validated customer requirements.
- Provide sufficient oversight to help ensure products meet business, customer, and regulatory requirements.
Benefits
- Base pay and discretionary bonus plan.
- Health, dental, vision, disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for eligible employees.
- Flexible spending account and health savings account for eligible employees.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match for eligible employees.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid time off and certain paid holidays.
- Paid parental and family care leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Long-term incentive plan.
- Relocation assistance if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
