LiftSystem Systems Engineering & Verification Engineer – Specialist

Job Description

Job Title: LiftSystem Systems Engineering & Verification Engineer – Specialist 

Working Pattern: Hybrid

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

As an LiftSystem Systems Engineering & Verification Engineer, you will plan, coordinate, and execute key technical activities for the LiftSystem program in support of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter. As part of this role, you will be expected to interface across a number of stakeholders both internally and externally to extract and understand technical requirements to develop potential solutions which can be used to serve business and customer needs. As part of this team, you will explore and deploy Systems Engineering practices within the company to assist in the understanding of potential business and technical architectures and solutions.

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.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving 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

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Systems Engineering activities across the entire life-cycle. Integrate with and provide Systems Engineering coaching or training to engineers from other functions.

• Facilitate the elicitation, maturation, and validation of stakeholder requirements including customer, business, and technical to ensure robust problem and solution space understanding.

• Develop the System Engineering strategy for the project and ensure this is reflected in the project governance and project master schedule.

• Establish and maintain an appropriate information structure for the project (Customer, Business, System, Sub-System, and Component) and develop/maintain associated management plans.

• Work with the System Design team to ensure product requirements are understood and requirement trades are defined. Understand repercussions of potential system definition against the wider system/business.

• Provide project management support to various work packages within the Whole Engine team

• Represent Rolls-Royce as required on specific customer and partner working groups related to the project.

• Ensure project risks (technical, cost, supply chain, and timescale) are identified, managed, and escalated in accordance with risk management plan.

• Develop product verification strategies and compliance statements.

• Develop and manage engine verification, certification/qualification plans and programs.

• Deploy and leverage Systems Engineering tools, such as Cameo (MBSE) and DOORS, on agreed programs.

• The ability to deal with ambiguity, take decisions and make recommendations with minimal data is a key skill, as is the ability to quickly understand the key technical issues in potentially complex technical problems on unfamiliar subjects.

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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with at least 5+ years of relevant engineering experience; OR

• Master’s degree in Engineering with 3+ years of relevant engineering experience; OR

• JD/PhD in Engineering.

• Systems Engineering or Development Engineering experience.

• In order to be considered for this position you must be a US citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a New Product Introduction (NPI) program

• Experience with US Department of Defense (DoD) programs and DoD customer interfacing experience

• Experience with Systems Engineering tools, such as Cameo and DOORS

• Demonstrated project planning and management experience and ability to work without supervision on an extended, multifunctional Engineering project team.

• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills.

• Ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Gas turbine engine installation, verification, and performance experience.

• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.

• Knowledge of commercial engine certification/military engine qualification.

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.

Relocation assistance is available for this position if applicable.

Pay Range

Please reach out to Terrie Zens if you need additional information.

Closing date: 4/21/25

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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.