Team Lead - Rotatives MRB

Job Description

Job Title: Technical Lead – MRB Design, US Defense Ops

Working Pattern: Onsite/Hybrid In Office 3 days/week

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As a Team Lead for Rotatives in US MRB Design, you will be responsible for leading a team of design engineers to deliver engineering solutions to manufactured and procured non-conforming product to ensure delivery of safe, quality, functional parts to production assembly and aftermarket for all of US Defense Programs (T56, Helicopters, US Naval, LiftSystem, AE Engines, etc.).  You will work directly with Engine Programs, Operations, Supply Chain, and various specialist groups to ensure that nonconforming Rotatives commodity parts and their applications are assessed appropriately. You will also be responsible for reviewing engineering justifications for accuracy, robustness, and overall quality to ensure safe operation of our products.

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.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives 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:

Here you’ll have the opportunity to work on the following:

• Author, review, and sign Technical Analysis Reports (TARs) and Concessions to enable final disposition of nonconforming hardware across all Indianapolis Production Programs

• Function as a delegate of the Chief Design Engineer as a TAR & MRB Critical Design Approver

• Lead a small team of engineers in assessment of nonconforming hardware for the Rotatives (Turbine & Compressor Wheels, Shafts) group

• Ensure proper communications with key stakeholders within US Defense Operations, US Defense Programs, and Global Procurement/Supply Chain organization to deliver MRB solutions consistent with Defense divisional priorities

• Manage workload, prioritization of team members’ workload, and ensure work is performed to the appropriate technical standards/processes and required time frames

• Ensure knowledge capture, lessons learnt, and best practice guides for the MRB group, and encourage knowledge sharing within the group and beyond

• Where appropriate, manage the relationship between engineering and the supply chain representatives to ensure effective/efficient MRB solutions are implemented both internally and externally

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, coaching and mentoring to assigned engineers to enable them to be their best

• Develop, deliver, and demonstrate your sub-team’s delivery performance metrics, and be a champion for continuous improvement

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 in design, manufacturing and/or quality OR

• Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience within design, manufacturing and/or quality OR

• JD/Ph.D.

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

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 10+ years of experience in design, manufacturing and/or quality or

• Master’s degree in engi