Job Description Job Title: Structural Systems Design Engineer Working Pattern: Full time Working location: Indianapolis, IN/Hybrid - 3 Office Days/Week) As a Structural Systems Design Engineer for Rolls-Royce, you'll perform a range of system structural assessments across the full product lifecycle, including new design concepts through to in-service operations. You will also bring forward innovative analytical and experimental solutions for customer issues to meet whole product mechanical integrity requirements, including static, transient, and dynamic loads and responses. 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 Accountabilities: * Perform system level structural assessments, such as Whole Engine Modeling, static and dynamic analysis * Experimental test planning and interpretation, such as correlation of simulation to experimental data * Facilitate teamwork between many disciplines (i.e. - manufacturing, quality, engineering, product support, etc.). * Communicate technical and business results via reports and presentations to senior engineers both within and external to Rolls-Royce. * Participate in technical reviews, Product Safety Reviews, Technical Life Reviews and Customer Reviews. * Take an active role in continual improvement of our engineering methods and processes 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: * A Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 2+ years of related experience - OR - * A Masters degree in Engineering - OR - * JD/PhD * In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen Preferred Requirements: * Previous experience building and running models for static and dynamic structural analysis * Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) codes such as Nastran, Ansys, Dyna3D, NX, and internal Rolls-Royce codes * Exposure to experimental testing and data interpretation, in particular for vibrating structures * Ability to quickly learn mechanical integrity topics, such as Whole Engine Modeling, rotordynamics and extreme event assessments (e.g. bird strike, fan blade off, etc.) * Programming skills such as Matlab, Python, Fortan, Java, C, C++ and an interest in automating or scripting analysis tasks * 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. Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable. Global Grade/Level: GG10 Closing date: May 5, 2025 Job Category Mechanical Systems Job Posting Date 29 Apr 2025; 00:04 Pay Range $88,334 - $132,502-Annually Location: 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.