Rolls-Royce plc

Component Design Engineer, Structures & Casings

Rolls-Royce plc$98K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 2+ years of experience, OR Master's degree, OR JD/PhD in Engineering
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Experience in technical writing preferred
  • Background in aerospace structural component design is a plus
  • Familiarity with investment/sand casting and additive manufacturing processes beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize component designs for high-performance gas turbine hardware
  • Perform suitability analyses for gas turbine applications and interface requirements
  • Present and defend design solutions to program leadership and stakeholders
  • Assist supply chain in hardware procurement and supplier documentation review
  • Support manufacturing and service issues to maintain production targets
  • Investigate hardware issues, conducting failure analysis and documenting findings

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and holidays
  • Flexible spending account and health savings account options
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid parental and family care leave
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Title: Component Design Engineer, Structures & Casings

Working Pattern: Full time

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

Relocation assistance is provided as needed for this opportunity.

Global Grade/Level: GG10

Position Summary

As a Component Design Engineer for gas turbine Structures & Casings team, you will be part of the global Structures & Controls Engineering, Technology & Safety organization. You will develop complex engineering solutions that satisfy cutting-edge aerospace functional and physical requirements and exhibit robustness for manufacturing capability. Within your assigned propulsion system program, you'll be responsible for developing, assessing, and delivering hardware and systems that push the envelope with performance, life, and efficiency.

What you will be doing
  • Develop new component designs and design changes for high-performance gas turbine hardware and systems, which includes (but is not limited to) creating design concepts, optimizing concepts to a final definition, preparing technical presentations and documents, performing dimensional analyses, supporting creation of drawings, delivering hardware for validation, and release of hardware to production.
  • Perform analyses for gas turbine hardware and systems to substantiate suitability for new engine applications, extended performance of existing engines, and interface requirements.
  • Present and defend design solutions and technical work to program leadership and other stakeholders.
  • Support the supply chain in procuring hardware including review of supplier documentation, assessment of non-conforming hardware, and review of supplier change proposals.
  • Support manufacturing, assembly, service, and aftermarket issues promptly as they arise to keep production on target and the fleet in operation
  • Perform investigations of in-service and/or development hardware issues including failure analysis, root cause / corrective action (RCCA), reporting, and documentation. Share findings with the global turbomachinery team in accordance with export control regulations.


Basic Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with 2+ years of related experience; OR,
  • Master's degree in Engineering; OR,
  • JD/PhD in Engineering
  • To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen


Preferred Requirements:
  • Technical writing ability / experience
  • Previous experience designing aerospace structural components
  • Previous experience designing investment and sand cast components
  • Previous experience designing components manufactured via additive layer manufacturing, especially laser powder bed fusion processing
  • Experience working in a New Product Introduction environment
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience working with all aspects of product design - customers, suppliers, other engineering specialties, shop floor personnel, etc.


Power Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalization and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

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 striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you're driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Infinite Potential

Closing Date: 07/31/2026

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Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Job Posting Date

22 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay Range

$98,566 - $160,169-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.

About Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational engineering company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power systems for aviation, marine, and energy markets. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in London, England. Rolls-Royce is a leading provider of power systems for civil and military aircraft, and is also a major supplier of power systems for marine vessels. The company's energy division provides power systems for the oil and gas industry, as well as for power generation and other industrial applications. Rolls-Royce has operations in over 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people worldwide.
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