Component Design Lead Engineer (Relocation Available)

Position Overview

Job Title: Component Design Lead

Working Pattern: Full-time

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN(Relocation assistance available)

The Component Design Lead for Project Alpha ensures that Rolls-Royce leverages its technical expertise, processes, and oversight to meet customer functional, business, and schedule requirements. As a key technical authority within AE Engineering, you will lead a team of managed engineers, guide design reviews, and provide critical technical advice, particularly in gearbox component design and integration for a significant new application of our AE product line.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical engineering efforts for Project Alpha for both insourced and outsourced work packages.
• Manage the capture of requirements, standards, tools, and technical approval flow for the component and subsystem design.
• Coordinate with the Project Lead and Chief Design Engineers to plan, develop, and release a superior design solution.
• Apply Systems Engineering to elicit, influence, and manage engine-level business and technical requirements.
• Represent the engine program in technical meetings with customers, operators, and airworthiness authorities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Computer Science) with 5+ years mechanical design experience, OR Master’s degree in STEM with 3+ years mechanical design experience, OR a PhD in Aerospace, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of gear train design and validation experience.
• Proven technical leadership of small to medium design teams.
• Experience with aerospace components and system certification.
• Experience with oil systems in relation to gear train lubrication.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with project leads to optimize resource usage and meet program deadlines.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary: $110,476 - $179,524 Annually
• Total Rewards Package: Includes bonus opportunities, employee support assistance, discounts, and a comprehensive benefits plan (health, dental, vision, disability, life, accidental death & dismemberment, flexible spending account, health savings account, and 401(k) with company match).
• Hybrid working arrangement with an expected in-office presence of approximately three days per week.
• Excellent development opportunities and career growth in a supportive and innovative work environment.