Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – Purchasing (MEP) - Supplier Designed Components
Working Pattern: Fulltime, Hybrid (3 office days per week)
Working Location: Indianapolis, IN
Relocation assistance will not be provided.
Position Summary
As Manufacturing Engineer – Purchasing - Supplier Designed Components, you will be responsible to lead all aspects of the external supply chain manufacturing activities with accountability to ensure quality, cost, and delivery requirements are met for the designated programs and components. You will work in a cross functional team, with manufacturing emphasis, to achieve procurement objectives. In this role, you will travel up to 30% domestically.
What you will be doing:
- Provide manufacturing input to design engineering to assure component designs are produceable & facilitate design for manufacturer supplier events
- Represent manufacturing perspective regarding component sourcing strategy
- Work with Procurement & Quality organization to stand up new suppliers
- Develop & conduct supplier manufacturing readiness and technical risk assessments
- Provide support to supplier with respect to quality requirements (APQP, FAIR, PPAP; Drawing Alteration Requests, SABRe)
- Perform supplier hardware delivery source inspections
- Create the environment for continuous improvement with the emphasis on sharing and searching for best practice
Basic Requirements:
- Associate degree in Engineering, Technology or Business with 4+ years of experience within Operations, Manufacturing, Quality or Purchasing, OR
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology or Business with 2+ years of experience within Operations, Manufacturing, Quality or Purchasing, OR
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Technology or Business, OR
- JD/PhD in Engineering, Technology or Business, OR
- 6+ years of experience in Operations, Manufacturing, Quality or Purchasing in lieu of a degree
- In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma Black Belt
- Strong understanding of SABRe, FAIR, PPAP requirements
- Experience operating within a global manufacturing environment
- Controls and hydromechanical component manufacturing experience with certification processes
- Experience in robust design methodologies and design of manufacturing tooling, gaging, and fixtures
- Demonstrated experience working with suppliers to delivering world class manufacturing performance
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: October 27, 2026
Manufacturing Engineering
13 Oct 2026; 00:10
Pay RangePay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.
$94,160 - $153,010-Annually
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.
