Development Engineer

Overview

Job Title: Development Engineer

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

Working location: Indianapolis, IN or Savannah, GA

A new opportunity has arisen for a Development Engineer. As a Development Engineer at Rolls-Royce, you will play a key role in coordination of the cross-functional product team designing, testing, and certification of the products. This role will also require supporting customer engagements, program management of engineering projects, and/or Installed Verification testing.

• 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.
• Ensure IPT work is integrated with all relevant higher-level plans - including relevant Project Management Plan and Risk Management Plan.
• Managing and delivering the necessary compliance documents, from requirements capture through to evidence of compliance appropriate software / tools.
• Plan, manage, and develop engine/sub-system certification/qualification plans and participate in product introduction gated reviews, and allocate requirements to major sub-systems.
• 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.

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 2+ years’ experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering, OR
• JD/PhD in Engineering
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires USA Citizenship

Preferred

• Project / Function Management Engineering Experience
• 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 systems 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 leading a cross-discipline, cross-functional development team
• Experience with product configuration control, quality systems, trouble reporting and root cause / corrective action
• Experience in the field of engine performance and operation or system design / control and power plant integration.
• Experience with structured verification

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 will be provided if applicable.

Job Category: Validation and Verification

Job Posting Date: 28 May 2026; 00:05

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Pay Range: $94,160 - $153,010-Annually

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.