Validation & Verification Engineer - Team Lead - Helo/T56

Job Title: Validation & Verification Engineer - Team Lead - Helo/T56

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

As a Mature Programs V&V Team Lead, you will be responsible for providing Project Management, Leadership and Systems Engineering expertise to support the T56 and Helo Engines. The Mature Program V&V Team has both Project and Systems Engineers who collaborate to support delivery and safety. You will lead significant projects that have high impact in terms of safety and delivery. You will be a key interface between Operations and the Supply Chain on behalf of the T56 and Helo Engineering Team.

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:

In this exciting opportunity, you will be expected to interface and manage external customers. Your project management will be influential in re-engineering the aging supply chain with new technologies like ALM.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead either the Helicopter or the T56 program V&V engineers and projects.
• Establish / manage appropriate Requirements, Design Rationale Evidence, Design Definition and Verification Information for either T56 or Helo projects.
• Be the point of contact for a given program (Helo or T56) to support and coach the team regarding Systems Engineering, Validation and Verification activities, driving the right V&V behaviors within the project.
• Take ownership of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and own CAM responsibilities for your given projects
• Lead program technical reviews
• Provide support to SARs and Red Top Closures

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:

• Associate's degree in Engineering with 7+ years of experience in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering OR;
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering OR;
• A Masters degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience in Aerospace, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering OR;
• JD/PhD OR;
• Proven Leadership completing projects with complexity and high business impact.
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen
  

Preferred Requirements:

• System level engineering understanding.
• Technical experience involving gas turbine hardware and systems.
• Ability to understand manufacturing engineering and supply chain perspectives.
• Ability to make sound decisions with limited information.
• Experience managing a component from clean sheet through test.
• Strong technical writing ability / experience.
• Strong communication, relationship building, and ability to create visual diagrams to influence and share information.

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.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

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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.