Lifecycle Engineering Technical Specialist, LibertyWorks

Job Title: Lifecycle Engineering Technical Specialist, LibertyWorks

Working Pattern: Full-Time

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Lifecycle Engineering team as a program lead engineer within the LibertyWorks Advanced Development organization. As the lead, you will support the Advanced Development Chief Lifecycle and Chief Project Engineers and be responsible for leading a functional team of lifecycle engineers to deliver solutions to cost, schedule and quality.

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

• Manage work within the Lifecycle Engineering deployed team including the assignment of tasks and ensure work is done to the appropriate technical standards in the required time frames.
• Manage budget and schedule for the Lifecycle Engineering scope of work for a new development program in LibertyWorks.
• Ensure contractual requirements and deliverables are tracked and managed in the areas of Safety Management, Sustainment and Services Support, FRACAS, DTA Reviews, Reliability Analysis, Ground Support Equipment Development, Technical Manual Development, Product Logistics Support, Reliability-Centered Maintenance, and other Engine and Airframe Integration Maintainability Support.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance to the Lifecycle Engineers and perform certain task delivery duties as required by engineering leadership.
• Facilitate an environment of cooperation and collaboration in the EfS deployed team that extends to the rest of Advanced Development.
• Encourage innovation within the EfS deployed team to solve technical problems encountered, from development through to entry to service and beyond.
• Lead technical conversations in customer reviews and reviews with regulatory and airworthiness authorities as required.
• Represent the Advanced Development Chief Lifecycle and Chief Project Engineer (as required) internally and with customers while promoting a positive, professional image of Lifecycle Engineering and Rolls-Royce.

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 behaviors 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 5+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree in engineering with 3+ years of experience, OR
• JD/PhD in Engineering
• To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience and demonstrated capability in root cause investigation, including evidence-based methods
• Experience in product support of military applications.
• Experience and knowledge of the AE Series product line
• Breadth of gas turbine engineering experience across engineering functions: design, performance, validation/verification, customer application, certification/qualification, maintenance & overhaul, repair, field service, etc.
• Proven ability to exercise sound technical and business judgement.
• Experience in managing/leading/coaching people and teams to successful outcomes and customer satisfaction
• Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective and positive engagement on technical and business issues.

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, as applicable.

Global Grade/Level: Level C

Closing Date: 06/12/2026

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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.