Project Engineering (V&V) Lead, Project Alpha

Job Description

Job Title: Project Engineering Lead (V&V) – Project Alpha

Working Pattern:  Onsite/Hybrid

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

The Project Engineering (V&V) Lead for Project Alpha is responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements. It covers engineers who are performing Project, Development, Systems Engineering and Verification style roles. The Project Lead will serve as the integrator on safety, reliability, manufacturing/supply chain producibility, and quality activities.

This leadership role is recognized as an authoritative source of technical expertise and advice within AE Engineering and is viewed as a key member of the broader team of technical expertise by senior capability leadership.  The role represents a critical resource to the “run and maintain” activity of a business, taking an active role in resolving current problems.

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 technical program management and engineering efforts for Project Alpha for both insourced and outsourced work packages

• Coordinate the technical activities of a multi-functional team that delivers engineering solutions for design/configuration changes (Product Change Board process)

• Lead Project Alpha engineering activity and develop/communicate the plan and budget for delivering such improvements to cost and schedule

• Lead the application of Systems Engineering to elicit, influence, and manage engine-level business and technical requirements and allocate requirements to sub-system level

• Represent the engine program in technical meetings with 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 Qualifications:

• BS Engineering degree + 5 years experience

• MS/PhD Engineering degree + 3 years experience

• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

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.

Salary Range:

$110,476 - $179,524

Relocation is available for this role.

Job Closing Date: 5/30/25

Job Category

Validation and Verification

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