Technical Specialist – Gears, Bearings, Shafts, Seals

Job Title: Technical Specialist – Gears, Bearings, Shafts, Seals

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As the Technical Specialist for gas turbine gears, bearings, shafts, and seals you will be recognized as an authoritative source of technical expertise and advice in a local area within the turbomachinery team and viewed as a key member of the broader team of technical expertise by senior capability leadership. You will generate business benefits through the application of specialist technical knowledge within power transmissions. As the Technical Specialist you represent a critical resource to the “run and maintain” activity of a business, leading complex engineering projects and taking an active role in resolving current problems. You will partner with and support other technical specialists to advance knowledge in the gas turbine power transmission capability.

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:

• Leads the development and strategies for new transmissions component and subsystem design projects including capturing requirements, aligning partner support, and performing strength and lifing analyses for high-performance gas turbine gears, bearings, shafts, and seals.
• As a trusted specialist, review and defend design solutions and technical work to program leadership and other stakeholders. Take a leadership role in investigations of in-service and/or development hardware issues including failure analysis, root cause / corrective action (RCCA), reporting, and documentation. 
• Support the supply chain in procuring hardware including review of supplier production method documentation, assessment of non-conforming hardware, and review of supplier change proposals.
• Support the development and execution of strategies and new capabilities with respect to gas turbine power transmission components and systems.  Proactively accesses internal and external networks of fellow specialists to further the understanding of the specialist subject; supports the implementation of strategic collaborative relationships
• Supports the definition of skill and professional knowledge within transmissions; identifies, coordinates and delivers training; supports the development of other specialists; provides active coaching and mentoring to build team capability and bench strength.
• Leads the sharing of best practices and lessons learned; represents transmissions as an authority in their defined subject; provides concise justification for decisions; records and captures salient information in reports and systems

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 of Science in Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years of experience in mechanical design, OR
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with 3+ years of experience in mechanical design, OR
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering
• To be considered for the role, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in the design, analysis, manufacture and verification of aerospace power transmission components and systems, including gearboxes, rolling element bearings, journal bearings, shafts, sumps, and seals
• Experience with industry design methods and tools such as Shaberth, ROMAX, Gleason, KIMoS, etc.
• Experience with computational fluid dynamics analysis methods related to air and oil movement.
• Demonstrated experience in progressing designs/changes through a gated design review process.
• Expertise in dimensional tolerance stack-ups and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) including thermal effects on tolerances
• Knowledge of gas turbine subsystems and components and their function and operation
• Expertise in the following software applications: Siemens NX, Siemens Teamcenter, Microsoft Excel

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:  January 26, 2026

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.