Design Lead, LibertyWorks Advanced Development – Compressor Sub-System and Component Tech Lead

Job Title: Design Lead, LibertyWorks Advanced Development – Compressor Sub-System and Component Tech Lead

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As the Compressor Sub-System and Component Design Lead you will lead a technical team in the design, production, testing and certification of Compressor components and systems for LibertyWorks products. In this role, the candidate ensures the project’s sub-system and component definitions meet project requirements by providing technical mentoring and leadership to component design engineers, overseeing interaction between the design team and other engineering areas such as aerodynamic design, thermal and secondary flow, manufacturing, and assembly, and providing requested program technical and project feedback.

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:

• Serve as technical point of contact for their sub-system
• Create technical plans to meet sub-system requirements and work with project leads to integrate into module schedule
• Provide day-to-day leadership of component engineers towards meeting component and sub-system technical requirements
• Provide input for sub-system level risks
• Identify and approve functional and physical interfaces
• Generate analysis requirements for sub-system
• Review and approve sub-system level drawings and assembly instructions
• Provide input for FMEA for sub-system
• Review design reports for the sub-system and components as required
• Approve sub-system configuration and Bill of Material
• As required, review component-level requirement documents, drawings, and analyses
• As required, present technical data to management and customers

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 Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years of demonstrated interest in the mechanical design of gas turbine engines, OR
• Master’s degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years of demonstrated interest in the mechanical design of gas turbine engines, OR
• PhD in degree in in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience leading a small team and/or mentoring other engineers
• Experience with generic design processes as well as sub-system and component specific design guidance
• Experience with gas turbine component design
• A high level of analytical ability to deal with challenging engineering problems and make timely, quality decisions
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative; ability to plan and coordinate assigned work with other groups; and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule
• An excellent command of the English language for both written and oral communications
• Experience with compressors
• Familiarity with thermal and secondary flow processes
• Familiarity with gas turbine components manufacturing processes
• Familiarity with component testing

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:  December 8, 2025

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.