Technical Lead - AE Defense Engine Health Monitoring and System Performance

Job Description

• Job Title: Technical Lead – AE Defense Engine Health Monitoring and System Performance
• Working Pattern: Fulltime
• Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Rolls-Royce is looking for a Technical Lead – AE Defense Engine Health Monitoring and System Performance to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work lead the team of AE Defense Engine Health Monitoring and System Performance Engineers to deliver to the customer and business system solutions through operation of safe and reliable products.

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

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Lead the Engine Health Monitoring (EHM) and System Performance Team to deliver:
• work packages in support of customer functional requirements, in-service investigations, safety processes, risk assessments, and product improvements.
• analyses of complex data including simulation, modelling, test, and service data.
• propulsion systems performance functional information to customers, both internal and external to Rolls-Royce.
• assist with definition and lead evaluation of design changes to engine hardware and control system configurations and identify associated engine cycle impacts, optimization schemes and validation plans (at the engine/aircraft level).
• resolution of customer in-service engine performance and operational issues.
• performance evaluation and monitoring of in-service engines.
• data based solutions for shop visit workscope definition.
• evaluation and execution of life cycle cost reduction activities aligned to the business and customer needs.
• support to operations including production trending and analysis, pass-off test problem resolution, and support of manufacturability improvement initiatives.
• leveraging of current and near-term IT capabilities (hardware and software) to multiply team capabilities.
• Team with program Chief Design Engineer, Functional to define and achieve optimized system solutions that meet system requirements including short term and long-term strategies and drive transformation
• Team with the program Controls Technical Lead to be the AE Defense engineering team focal points for compliance with current and emerging RR and customer
• Deploy advanced data analysis techniques to detect and predict imminent issues on in-service engines and enhance our understanding of engine operational performance
• Manage workload, prioritization, resource allocation, and budget for the EHM and System Performance Team
• Hire, develop and grow a group of capable system performance and EHM engineers and ensure effective performance management of assigned engineers by setting/agreeing appropriate and relevant objectives, performing evaluations and appraisals (e.g. PDRs)
• Work with the core function Capability Managers to identify training, skills gaps or competency needs with the team and provide professional development opportunities
• Identify and execute improvements to process, tools, and methods for the engineering team to increase efficiency and effectiveness

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 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience, OR
• PhD Engineering
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Previous experience in Gas Turbine Systems Engineering
• Prior exposure to Service Engineering including Engine Health Management
• Gas Turbine Engine Performance Analysis

What We Offer

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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date:  October 7, 2025

Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Job Posting Date

30 Sep 2025; 00:09

Pay Range

$115,443 - $187,595-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.