Coatings Specialist – Environmental Barrier Coatings

Job Description

Job Title: Coatings Specialist – Environmental Barrier Coatings

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 in office days a week

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

An exciting opening for a Coatings Specialist – Environmental Barrier Coatings (EBC) has arisen. As the Coating Specialist EBC, you will be working in a dynamic, integrated product team to deliver advanced coatings and surface engineering solutions to Rolls-Royce globally across all business units. This is an opportunity within a growing technology area. The Coatings Specialist will be the corporate technical expert in environmental barrier coating (EBC) materials systems and will drive innovation towards the future state in this specialism. This role will work within an integrated product team of design, materials and manufacturing engineers to introduce Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) components. In this role, you will travel up to 10% domestically and up to 5% internationally.

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:

• Lead the development of novel coating systems and architecture concepts across a global team of technical specialists
• Understand fundamental behavior and controlling mechanisms for coating system properties and performance, and translating this into subsequent materials and method of manufacture improvements
• Define and implement unique and relevant laboratory and rig testing methods to generate key engineering and functional property data
• Develop capability within external testing service suppliers and the global University Technology Center (UTC) network
• Influence functional requirements for coatings in CMC components
• Present the development, testing and implementation of EBCs and advanced coating systems to engineering leadership and key stakeholders at technical and program gate reviews

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 Materials, Polymer, Ceramic or Chemical Engineering with 5+ years of experience in coatings or ceramic materials, OR
• Master’s degree in Materials, Polymer, Ceramic or Chemical Engineering with 3+ years of experience in coatings or ceramic materials, OR
• PhD in Materials, Polymer, Ceramic or Chemical Engineering
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements:

• Background in environmental barrier coating (EBC) or thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems for gas turbine engine components
• Strong technical knowledge of coatings and their environmental, mechanical and functional properties and performance as applied to ceramic matrix composites
• Experience in industrial coating processing methods, including thermal spray, slurry / electrophoretic deposition, and CVD/PVD
• Expert in coatings and materials microstructure and chemical analysis techniques used to interrogate governing mechanisms for coating performance and life
• Expert in data analysis and mate