US Defense Programs - Producibility Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Job Description


Job Title: US Defense Programs - Producibility Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Working Pattern: Fulltime - Hybrid

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As the Producibility Lead for US Defense Production Programs, you will report to the Chief Engineer of T56/Helo/Defense Operations Design Engineering Group, you will lead component producibility and manufacturing engineering activities on behalf of all the US Defense Production Programs (T56, Helicopters, Lift Systems, and AE Engines).

You will act as Technical Authority, assuring the initial and continuing capability of the method of production to produce product conforming to design definition, and ensuring the resolution of technical issues/problems/arisings, to meet business and customer requirements for safety, quality, cost, deliver rate and lead time (SQCD).

You will integrate all Manufacturing Engineering activities across Design engineering and internal and external supply chain teams.

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.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build external relationships:
  Manage, develop and maintain effective relationships within internal and external supply chain, ensure the requirements are understood and maximized, coach when required to deliver a successful outcome in line with the requirements and commitment of Rolls-Royce
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing:
  Operate as an active member of the global Manufacturing Engineering leadership team, proactively supporting cross-Business collaboration, knowledge sharing, skills and process development to best utilize the available resources to deliver business needs and priorities.
• Create strategy:
  Lead the technical input into the facility or supply chain strategy, including ensuring that Commodity and Manufacturing Process strategy implications are included in relevant capital plans. Integrate Manufacturing Technology, Digital Manufacturing and Product Introduction activities within the business aligned to the Design Engineering team.
• Develop capability:
  Buy-off the production readiness of new manufacturing capabilities or methods of manufacture on behalf of Defence Design Engineering.
• Develop talent:
  Working with Design Engineering to ensure Design for Manufacture is implemented across component and system design teams.
• Minimum standards:
  Working with the Manufacturing Engineering Commodity Leaders and Manufacturing Process Owners, and where applicable with the suppliers, drive manufacturing processes towards identified consistent best practice.
• Agreed FAIR buy-off across design and manufacturing engineering.
• Support Assembly and Test to resolve operational problems, and coordinate with design engineering the long term, robust solutions.
• Product Safety:
  Responsible for ensuring that product safety risks are understood and mitigated to meet the required safety levels and reduce the safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Champion product safety and promote a product safety culture in the supply chain, ensuring learning related to product safety is embedded. Own the manufacturing leg of the Safety Assurance Framework for Defence Mature programs.
• Quality:
  Promote a culture of zero defects within the area of accountability. Ensure that manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are developed and deployed to support Right First Time manufacture. Coach the community in the use of RRPS, DMAIC and Systems Engineering tools. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards.
• Technical Authority:
  Specify Manufacturing Engineering and process requirements and make technical decisions in relation to the area of accountability.
• Responsible…