B​/F130 Lifecycle Engineer

B-52 / F130 Lifecycle Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time
Working

Location:

Indianapolis, IN/Hybrid – 3 office days per week

Provide world‑class technical support for in‑service/delivered products and influence maturity throughout the product life cycle to meet customer and business needs, ensuring Design Intent is met, and ensure the safe, reliable and cost‑effective product attributes are defined and maintained through life‑time modelling of product reliability, deterioration mechanisms, and costs, and help implement robust & cost‑effective solutions.

• Management of known and potential safety issues (SAR & RT) and appropriate involvement in safety boards as defined in the Safety Management Plan.
• Provide technical support to resolve technical queries and operational arisings‑lead investigation of operational issues to establish root cause.
• Introduce containment actions and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide technical surveillance and quality assurance audits to support continuous product enhancement for customer satisfaction and business expectations.
• Develop and approve the technical content of technical publications/communications (used by OEM, build/commissioning/maintenance bases and customers) including acceptance limit development.
• Set reliability targets (e.g. operational disruption metrics) based on historical data and monitor performance against targets.
• Predict future safety and reliability performance based on failure rates, adopting statistical techniques to support Numerical Risk Assessment, Parametric Distribution, and fly‑forward analysis.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities by reviewing and maintaining life‑cycle engineering policies and any associated maintenance planning documentation.
• Manage any issues that affect the Maturity, Life‑cycle Cost, Reliability and Maintainability and maintain Design Intent.
• Provide lifecycle technical data (build/in‑service/decommissioning) and model/support modelling of through‑life performance, deterioration mechanisms and service attributes to create and maintain time‑on‑platform prediction, identify opportunities for optimization and support the generation of the Service Operation Validation Strategy.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications (e.g. presentations and/or reports) to platform provider, regulators, customers, internal stakeholders.
• Lead and integrate Health Monitoring system requirements.
• Identify requirements for new Health Monitoring System or capability.
• Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders. Where delegated, act as the Technical Authority providing assurance on build, commissioning and maintenance activities.
• Gather in‑service data and carry out continuous improvement by identifying Best Practice and Learning from Experience activities, feeding back into future programs and product design teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2+ years of relevant experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering, OR
• JD/PhD
• Must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this role.
• Willingness to travel infrequently on a scheduled and unscheduled basis.

• Experience and demonstrated capability in root cause investigation, including evidence‑based methods.
• Experience in safety investigations (Red Tops) involving Rolls‑Royce products.
• Experience and knowledge of BR700-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.
• Knowledge of components/systems functionality and numerical methods.
• Experience in support/lead cross‑functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners.

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits including bonus, employee support assistance, and employee discounts. Hybrid working allows flexibility. Relocation assistance is available, and the role follows the global grade level GG10. Eligible employees may enroll in a comprehensive total rewards package covering 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 company match; an Employee Assistance Program;
Paid Time Off; paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long‑term incentive plan.

Rolls‑Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.