Mechanical Integrity Specialist; Stress, Lifing, or Rotor Dynamics

Position: Mechanical Integrity Specialist (Stress, Lifing, or Rotor Dynamics)

Job Description

Job Title: Mechanical Integrity Specialist (Stress, Lifing, or Rotor Dynamics)

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN/Hybrid (3 days week onsite avg.)

Mechanical Integrity Specialists ensure the integrity of our products. You will work across a wide variety of commodities from critical parts (e.g. Discs, Blisks, Shafts and High-Pressure Casings) through blades and vanes to structures and installation components. Depending on the specialty, you will predict the mechanical behavior of components and sub-systems considering various failure mechanisms (e.g. proof, ultimate, fatigue (low & high cycle), creep, flutter, damping, mistuning etc.)

and contributing factors (e.g. vibration, thermal induced loads, inherent manufacturing anomalies, corrosion, extreme operating conditions such as over-speed etc.).

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. 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.

What you will be doing

• Perform analytical assessments (stress, lifing and/or rotor dynamics) to support new design concepts, evaluate production variance, and maintain support to in-service operations.
• Complete test planning and analysis
• Serve as a technical focal point within a program or set of programs for all whole system level mechanical integrity issues
• Facilitate teamwork between many disciplines (i.e.
  
  - manufacturing, quality, engineering, product support, etc.).
• Communicate technical and business results via reports and presentations to senior engineers both within and external to Rolls-Royce.
• Initiate and execute work packages to address emerging technical challenges relating to the structural behavior of current and future Rolls-Royce products

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:

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 5+ years of related experience OR;
• A Master's degree in Engineering with 3+ years of related experience OR
• JD/PhD
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Previous experience building and running stress, lifing or rotor dynamics simulations
• Experience with a variety of FEA codes including ANSYS, SC03 and AU3D
• Programming skills such as Visual Basic, MATLAB, Python, PERL, C++
• Analytical ability to deal with challenging engineering problems and to determine root cause and corrective action
• Interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative
• Ability to plan and coordinate assigned work with other groups and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule

What we offer

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