Job Description
FLRAA Development Engineer
Indianapolis, IN
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.
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Key Accountabilities:
Interface 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 participate in product introduction gated reviews, and allocate requirements to major sub-systems.
Help develop product verification strategies; structured verification plans and Product Development Plans
Manage 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.
Basic Qualifications:
A Bchelor’s degree in engineering with 2+ years of experience in gas turbine engines OR;
A Master’s degree in Engineering OR;
A JD/PhD
In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen
Preferred Qualifications:
4+ years of experience in technical project management or development engineering
Experience interfacing with customers on technical program issues
Gas turbine engine test, installation, verification, and performance experience
Experience with the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis EVMS systems and Microsoft Project
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
Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.
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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.
Job CategoryValidation and Verification
Job Posting Date06 Feb 2025; 00:02
Pay Range$90,985 - $136,477-Annually
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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.