Job Description

Job Title: Aerothermal Engineer

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

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

What you will be doing:

• Design, analyze, and simulate various gas turbine system components and sub-systems using a variety of methodologies, including meanline, throughflow, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
• Work with performance organization and system level design to define, understand, and interpret sub-system requirements and issue sub-system performance maps and bids.
• Work with aeromechanics, heat transfer, and mechanical design communities to understand interface with aerodynamic design
• Plan, execute, and oversee component and sub-system "rig" tests for product development and/or technology development.
• Assemble, interpret, and report a combination of CFD simulations, experimental results, and first principle analyses into a cohesive understanding of component and sub-system capabilities as measured against requirements.
• Support the wider aerodynamics disciplines with capability acquisition via methods and coding, technology plans, and collaborating in the communities of practice
• Practice continuous improvement principles by using and updating best practices, process automation, and eliminating wasteful process steps

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 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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 2+ years of experience in mechanical design or control systems, OR
• Master's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, OR
• JD/PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• To be considered for this role, you must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-level security clearance.

Preferred:

• Exceptional people and communication skills
• Familiarity using computer aided design tools such as NX
• Proficient with aerodynamics, turbomachinery, airfoil design, and computation fluid dynamics (CFD)
• Competent with gas turbine engine architecture, thermodynamics, and heat transfer
• Communicates aerothermal concepts clearly and succinctly with appropriate technical depth to variety of audiences
• Works well in a collaborative, multidisciplinary, product focused team
• Has a wide awareness of engineering issues & requirements

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 is available for this role

Job Closing Date 6/27/26

Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Job Posting Date

27 May 2026; 00:05

Pay Range

$94,160 - $153,010-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

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.