Job Title: Validation & Verification Project Engineer - AE Defense
Working pattern: Onsite/Hybrid
Indianapolis, IN
The AE Defense V&V Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements. It covers engineers who are performing Project, Development, Systems Engineering and Verification style roles.
The AE Defense V&V engineer will serve as the integrator on safety, reliability, manufacturing/supply chain producibility, and quality activities.
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
In this attractive role you will have the opportunity to:
Key Accountabilities:
Lead the technical program management and engineering efforts for AE 2100 and AE 1107 defense projects.
Coordinate the technical activities of a multi-functional team that delivers engineering solutions for design/configuration changes (Product Change Board process)
Lead AE 2100 and AE 1107 defense engineering projects and develop/communicate the plan and budget for delivering such improvements to cost and schedule
Lead the application of Systems Engineering to elicit, influence, and manage engine-level business and technical requirements and allocate requirements to sub-system level
Represent the engine program in technical meetings with customers, operators, and airworthiness authorities.
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 4+ years of work experience OR;
Master's degree with 2+ years of work experience
JD/PhD with 2+ years of work experience
In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen
Preferred Requirements:
Experience in relevant domain is preferred but not essential
Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
Experience in business case development and project management
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.
Salary Range: $90,985 - $136,477
Relocation is available for this role.
Posting Expires: 4/30/25
Location:
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.
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