Manufacturing Engineering Technical Specialist - Investment Castings

Job Description

Job Title: Technical Specialist - Investment Casting

Working Pattern: Onsite

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

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.

Job Description:

you'll be recognized as an authoritative source of technical expertise and advice in a local area within a business and viewed as a key member of the broader team of technical expertise by senior capability leadership.
 

May be a specialist with depth and/or breadth of knowledge in their own discipline or field, or may be a specialist in Rolls-Royce’s products and solutions and how they are differentiated from the competition.
 

Generates business benefits through the application of specialist technical knowledge within their immediate area of expertise.
 

Represents a critical resource to the “run and maintain” activity of a business, taking an active role in resolving current problems.
Supports other technical specialists to advance knowledge in their capability area.

What you will be doing:

With this attractive opportunity you'll get a chance to:
 

• Interact with customers to understand technical requirements & resolve issues

• Provide program management for individual part portfolio

• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems & root cause analysis

• Develop new, and refine existing investment casting product to reduce scrap, rework, and manufacturing costs

• Support manufacturing to ensure on-time delivery of product through all operations

• Work concurrently with customers to design components for castability

• Maintain customer relationships through joint resolution of issues

• Maintain and improve casting scrap and rework

• Improve casting profitability through cost reductions

• Achieve cost reduction through process improvements

• Develop and refine manufacturing work instructions

• Develop casting processes for new and existing products

• Assist in quotation of new products

• Achieve cost targets for development and production castings

• Establish and achieve milestones for casting development

• Guide and mentor other Manufacturing Engineers in the above activities

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 and 5+ years of experience or

• Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to be eligible for consideration

• Understanding of Intellectual Property and Export Control requirements

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous investment casting or aerospace experience, single crystal casting experience a plus

• Advanced knowledge of statistical process control

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

What we offer:

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