Component Design Engineer - Turbomachinery Transmissions

Rolls-Royce; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Component Design Engineer in Indianapolis, where you will create innovative engineering solutions for turbomachinery transmissions. This role offers the opportunity to work on critical power systems and contribute to groundbreaking designs in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Flexible spending account

401(k) retirement savings plan with company match

Paid Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in mechanical design.
• Experience in design, analysis, and/or verification of aerospace mechanical components.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new component designs and analyses within the DTA gated process.
• Support the supply chain in procuring hardware.
• Provide engineering support for service and development related hardware issues.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Master’s degree in mechanical engineering

JD/PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Siemens Teamcenter

ANSYS

Microsoft Excel

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Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Component Design Engineer - Turbomachinery Transmissions

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN/Hybrid - 3 Office Days/Week)

As a Component Design Engineer, you will be part of the Global Mechanical Systems Capability function. You will create engineering solutions that satisfy functional and physical requirements symptomatic of Product System and Sub-System level environments. Crucially, the engineered solutions must exhibit robustness for manufacturing capability. You’ll be responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of component design definition artifacts i.e., documents, models, definitions that meet system level and sub-system requirements. You will participate within an IPT described by Product Lifecycle System (PLS) and operate in accordance with applicable Rolls-Royce Management System (RRMS) policies and processes. As the Component Design Engineer, you will also be responsible for sub-system integration of the technical activities for their design solutions and enabling lifecycle profitability through the Supply Chain Design.

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

• Deliver new component designs, analyses, and changes within the Design Technical Approval (DTA) gated process, which includes (but is not limited to) creating design concepts, optimizing concepts to a final definition, preparing technical presentations and documents, supporting creation of drawings, analysis, delivering hardware for validation, and release of hardware to the field
• Support the supply chain in procuring hardware, concession consultation and execution of Drawing Alteration Requests (DARs)
• Provide engineering support of service and/or development related hardware issues including Engine Investigations (EI) and Technical Variance (TV) analysis
• Develop and specify component design requirements in accordance with module, system, and customer interface requirements
• Address manufacturing, assembly, in-field, and aftermarket issues as they arise
• Participate in or lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) teams
  
  

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 mechanical engineering, with 1+ years of experience in mechanical design, OR
• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, OR
• JD/PhD in Mechanical Engineering
• To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the design, analysis, and/or verification of aerospace mechanical components and/or systems.
• Experience in progressing designs/changes through a gated review process.
• Experience with gas turbine or turbomachinery power transmission components, including gears, rolling element bearings, shafts, and high-performance seals.
• Experience in the following software applications: Siemens NX, Siemens Teamcenter, ANSYS, Microsoft Excel
• Experience in dimensional tolerance stack-ups and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Knowledge of gas turbine subsystems and components and their function and operation
  
  

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.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Global Grade/Level: GG09

Closing date: 5/30/2025

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Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Job Posting Date

13 May 2025; 00:05

Pay Range

$70,629 - $105,943-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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