Design Engineer

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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

• Recognized as an authoritative source of technical expertise and advice within a business area and as a functional expert by senior management across the business.
• May be a specialist with depth and/or breadth of knowledge in their own discipline or field, or may be a specialist in Rolls-Royce’s products and solutions and how they are differentiated from the competition.
• Generates business benefits through the application of specialist technical knowledge beyond their immediate area of expertise, for example within a project or the wider industry.
• Represents a critical source of added value in their business, identifying opportunities to apply new capabilities and technologies in novel ways to current problems.
• Advances knowledge in their capability area in innovative ways.
• Strategy: Supports the development and execution of the strategy with respect to their area of specialism; is regarded as a thought leader
• Project Definition: Leads the definition of capability projects including capturing requirements, creating proposals, achieving stakeholder approval, acquiring funding and aligning partner support
• Capability Development: Leads the development and application of new capabilities; leads capability development projects
• Problem Solving: Leads the resolution of new and emerging technical, compliance and business problems using analytical processes and professional judgement
• Collaboration: Proactively accesses internal and external networks of fellow specialists to further the understanding of the specialist subject; supports the implementation of strategic collaborative relationships
• Leadership: Provides technical direction to peers and more junior professionals, and technical leadership to teams and projects within their specialism
• People Capability: Supports the definition of skill and professional knowledge within their area of specialism; identifies, co-ordinates and delivers training; supports the development of other specialists; provides active mentoring
• Standards Definition: Ensures appropriate policies, standards and best practices are defined, shared and adopted
• Knowledge Sharing: Leads the sharing of Best Practice; represents the business area as an authority in their defined subject; provides concise justification for decisions; records and captures salient information in reports and systems
• Foundation Capability: Follow the accountabilities contained within the Level D Test Facility, Systems & Equipment Job Profile with sufficient competency depth in area of specialism

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.

Minimum qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience OR
• A Master’s degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience OR
• A JD/PhD with 0+ years of experience
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires USA Citizenship
• Understanding of Intellectual Property and Export Control requirements

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.

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