Radar Cross Section Engineer

Job Description

Job Title:

Radar Cross Section Engineer Working Pattern:
Full time Working location:
Indianapolis, IN. Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Why Rolls-Royce? At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.

You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture.

This is Infinite Potential.

And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary Rolls-Royce is seeking a Radar Cross Section (RCS) Engineer to join our innovative Research and Development team. In this role, you will work alongside a variety of disciplines to develop RCS solutions for Defense applications. You will design, analyze, and optimize low observable technologies and electromagnetic (EM) signatures for advanced aircraft systems.

As part of the Survivability Technologies (ST) team, you will contribute to cutting-edge products across the engineering lifecycle: from concept development to modeling, validation, and testing.

This is a unique opportunity to work on new technology development and to gain technical expertise in the high-demand field of RF.

Continued personal development is encouraged through one-on-one mentoring, attendance at industry conferences, and participation in specialized technical short courses.

• Responsible for developing, analyzing, and verifying RCS models using computational electromagnetic (CEM) tools
• Support design and optimization of low observable components and material treatments
• Collaborate with mechanical, aero, materials, IR, and aerothermal engineers to integrate RCS requirements into multi-disciplinary designs
• Perform RF measurement, including test planning and data analysis
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders

Full-time in-office

Must be a US Citizen and be eligible to obtain a US DoW security clearance

Approximately 10% travel

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Physics with 2+ years of related experience OR Master's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Physics, OR PhD in Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Physics
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

• Knowledge of electromagnetic energy transmission, reflection, and scattering, with some areas of advanced understanding.
• Internship, coursework, or research experience in electromagnetics, antenna design, RF, circuit design, or optics
• Experience with EM analysis tools such as X-Patch, SENTRi, MM2D, FEKO, HFSS, CST or other company-specific Computational Electro Magnetics (CEM) analysis packages
• RF measurement experience
• Ability to collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team to ensure RCS requirements are met
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in an ambiguous R&D environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to innovate to apply new ideas and techniques to solve technical problems.
• Proven ability to exercise sound technical and business judgement
• Experience with scripting tools such as Matlab, Python, C+
• Existing US DoW security clearance preferred but not required

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future.

It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop…