• Job Description

  Req#: JR6138482

  
  Job Description

  Job Title: Stress and Lifing Engineer

  Working Pattern: Full time

  Working location: Indianapolis, IN/Hybrid - 3 Office Days/Week)

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stress and Lifing Engineer that will operate in an extremely exciting space ensuring we help maximize our products time on wing and continued safe operation. As a Stress and Lifing Engineer, you will be responsible for the structural analysis of a variety of critical part components, ranging from fan discs, compressor discs, blisks & drums, turbine discs & cover plates as well as mainline shafts and stub-shafts. These components are subject to some of the most severe and complex loading conditions found in any engineering field, and they are designed and analyzed with high fidelity against highly demanding safe life requirements.

  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

  • Conduct mechanical integrity, stress and lifing assessments using finite element analysis and other numerical models
  • Specify and conduct mechanical experiments, for the purpose of underwriting designs, and validating analytical or empirical models
  • Identify root cause and resolve problems through evaluative judgements and analysis
  • Point of contact between the mechanical integrity discipline and other functions and customers
  • Point of contact within a given engineering discipline and to share subject matter knowledge across the function
  • Promote, encourage and support the identification and implementation of continuous improvements of tools, processes and methods) both within and outside their immediate sphere and prompt action across the wider team

  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 in Engineering with 2+ years of experience in mechanical design or manufacturing engineering, OR
  • Master's degree in Engineering, OR
  • PhD in Engineering
  • In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

  Preferred Requirements:

  • Ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and make balanced decisions across technical and business parameters
  • Knowledge and experience of product integrity / liability and certification frameworks
  • Membership of a relevant professional body appropriate to region
  • Good communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization

  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: 7/14/2025

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  Job Category

  Mechanical Systems

  
  Job Posting Date

  30 Jun 2025; 00:06

  
  Pay Range

  $90,985 - $136,477-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.

• About the company

  Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational engineering company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.

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