Development Engineer – F130/B-52

Job Title:  Development Engineer, F130

Working Pattern:  Hybrid/Onsite in office 3 days/week

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As a Development Engineer with the F130 Program at Rolls-Royce, you will play a key role in coordination of the cross-functional product team in assembly, test, and certification of the F130 Engine in support of the B-52 engine replacement program. This role will also require supporting customer engagements, program management of engineering projects, and/or Installed Verification (Flight) testing.

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.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives 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:

Here you’ll have the opportunity to work on the following:

• Manage the assembly and configuration of engines through the F130 development program
• 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.
• Ensure project risks (technical, cost, supply chain, and timescale) are identified, managed (including integration of risk activities in project plan), and escalation of risks in accordance with risk management plan.
• Manage and deliver the necessary compliance documents, from requirements capture through to evidence of compliance via appropriate software / tools.
• 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.
• 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.

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 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 1+ years’ experience OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering, OR
• JD/PhD in Engineering
• In order to qualify for this role you must be a U.S. Citizen or a U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative; and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule
• An excellent command of the English language for both written and oral communications
• 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
• Project / Function Management Engineering Experience
• Experience with the Rolls-Royce Indianapolis EVMS systems and Microsoft Project
• Experience managing and interpreting requirements, and developing test plans
• Experience leading 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

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 is available for this position if appropriate.

Job Expires: 6/26/26

Validation and Verification26 May 2026; 00:05$73,120 - $118,820-AnnuallyIndianapolis, 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.