Radar Cross Section Engineer

Job Title: Radar Cross Section (RCS) Engineer

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

LibertyWorks is seeking a Radar Cross Section (RCS) Engineer to join our innovative Research and Development team. In this role, you will work alongside a variety of disciplines to develop RCS solutions for Defense applications. You will design, analyze, and optimize low observable technologies and electromagnetic (EM) signatures for advanced aircraft systems.

As part of the Military Inlets and Exhausts (MInE) team, you will contribute to cutting-edge products across the engineering lifecycle: from concept development to modeling, validation, and testing. This is a unique opportunity to work on new technology development and to gain technical expertise in the high-demand field of RF. Continued personal development is encouraged through one-on-one mentoring, attendance at industry conferences, and participation in specialized technical short courses.

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

• Responsible for developing, analyzing, and verifying RCS models using computational electromagnetic (CEM) tools
• Support design and optimization of low observable components and material treatments
• Collaborate with mechanical, aero, materials, IR, and aerothermal engineers to integrate RCS requirements into multi-disciplinary designs
• Perform RF measurement, including test planning and data analysis
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders

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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics with 2+ years of related experience OR 
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics, OR
• PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Knowledge of electromagnetic energy transmission, reflection, and scattering, with some areas of advanced understanding.
• Internship, coursework, or research experience in electromagnetics, antenna design, RF, circuit design, or optics
• Experience with EM analysis tools such as X-Patch, SENTRi, MM2D, FEKO, HFSS, CST or other company-specific Computational ElectroMagnetics (CEM) analysis packages
• RF measurement experience
• Ability to collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team to ensure RCS requirements are met
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in an ambiguous R&D environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to innovate to apply new ideas and techniques to solve technical problems.
• Proven ability to exercise sound technical and business judgement
• Experience with scripting tools such as Matlab, Python, C++

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.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Global Grade/Level: GG10

Closing date: 10/24/2025

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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.