T56/Helicopter Programs Lifecycle Engineer

Job Title: T56 - Helicopter Programs Lifecycle Engineer

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As the T56/Helicopter Programs Lifecycle Engineer, you will be responsible for providing customer support and executing investigations into in-service events for the T56, M250, RR300 and CTS800 engines.  This includes collecting and analyzing data and event descriptions provided by field service reps and operators.

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.

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 coordinate efforts of design, performance, controls, and metallurgical engineers, determining root cause and corrective action, and providing technical information to program management, field service reps, operators, and OEMs.  You will also be responsible for completing the Red Top process, assisting Air Safety Investigation as needed during initial investigation, coordinating numerical risk assessment, identifying containment actions, determining root cause, and drafting closure documents. You will support publication of Commercial Bulletins, supporting Technical Variances (TVs) and Technical Queries (TQs), and identifying service-related product improvements.  Reports to:  Technical Lead – Lifecycle and Safety for T56/Helicopters.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead investigations into and identify root cause and corrective action for in-service events
• Lead Red Top closure process for specific engine investigations
• Lead internal activities to resolve operator or Field Service Representative (FS) technical inquiries
• Define and implement containment programs and corrective actions necessary to maintain continued safe operation of the product
• Initiate Service Bulletins or Manual release/updates to support operators, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and Authorized Maintenance Centers (AMCs)
• Support Technical Variance (TV) and Technical Query (TQ) requests from operators/customers
• Proactively support improving engine and component reliability utilizing maintenance data from FAST (AMC and on-wing LRU removal data) and trend monitoring
• Communicate the status of service issue investigations via technical briefings both internally and to OEM 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:

• Associate’s degree in engineering with 4+ years of experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 2+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree in engineering, OR
• JD/PhD
• To be considered for this position you must be a US citizen or Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with field service or design engineering
• 2+ years of experience in lifecycle engineering
• Experience interfacing with customers on technical program issues
• Gas turbine engine installation, verification, and performance experience

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 is available for this position.

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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.