Job Title: Project Engineer - LibertyWorks
Working Pattern: Full time
Working location: Indianapolis, IN
We’re looking for a Project Engineer to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on flagship RR programs and play an important role in addressing some of the most complex and interesting technological challenges in Defense.
As a Project Engineer, you will work to support the component design team to plan, manage, de-risk and deliver a new product introduction program.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
• Prepare costs, schedule estimates and manage project control accounts
• Support team with Earned Value, Risk and Change Management
• Generate, plan, and manage test, verification, and certification plans
• Manage and participate in product introduction gated reviews
• Manage risks associated with internal and external environments in accordance with the Program’s Risk Management Plan
• Ensure the team’s work is integrated with all relevant higher level plans - including relevant Project Management Plan and Risk Management Plan
• Support of proposal/contract mod activity for future work
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 Engineering with 1+ years of related experience, OR;
• A Masters degree in Engineering, OR;
• A JD/PhD in Engineering;
• To be considered for this role you must be a US citizen
Preferred Requirements:
• Strong technical, people and project leadership skills
• Experience with new product introduction (NPI) and gated design process
• Experience planning and managing activities associated with testing, verification, and certification activities
• Experience with project management, including ForProject and Microsoft Project
• Experience with Excel, PowerBI and other analytic tools
• Experience actively managing risk
• Interpersonal skills to work effectively in a team environment; willingness to accept responsibility and take initiative
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, take decisions and make recommendations with minimal data. Quickly understand the key technical issues in potentially complex technical problems on unfamiliar subjects
• An excellent command of the English language for both written and oral communications
• Ability to plan and coordinate assigned work with other groups and drive to finish assigned tasks on schedule
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.
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15 May 2026; 00:05
73,120 - $118,820-Annually
Indianapolis, IN
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.
