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Job Description
Job Title: Equipment Engineer - Ceramic Matrix Composites
Working Pattern: Onsite
Working location: Indianapolis, IN
Job Profile Summary
The Manufacturing Services Engineer supports the Manufacturing Engineering team by ensuring newly acquired manufacturing equipment is delivered, installed, and supported in line with company standards. This role works closely with Capability Acquisition, Process Owners, Maintenance, and external service providers to ensure equipment is production-ready, maintainable, and fully documented throughout its lifecycle.
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.
We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives 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.
The Manufacturing Services Engineer is responsible for supporting equipment acquisition and service readiness activities to ensure manufacturing objectives and goals are achieved. This includes coordinating assigned aspects of equipment delivery, service documentation, and external service provider engagement, ensuring all requirements are met prior to handover to operations.
What you will be doing
Here you'll have the opportunity to work on the following:

• Partner with Capability Acquisition and Process Owners to support specification, purchase, and acceptance of new manufacturing equipment.
• Ensure all newly acquired equipment complies with company engineering, safety, quality, and documentation standards.
• Lead or support equipment handover activities, ensuring readiness for production use.
• Develop, complete, and maintain asset care manuals, including preventive maintenance plans and operating guidance.
• Create and maintain critical spare parts lists in collaboration with suppliers, maintenance, and operations teams.
• Support equipment commissioning, qualification, and transition to steady-state operations.
• Coordinate with suppliers to obtain complete technical documentation, drawings, manuals, and service requirements.
• Support continuous improvement of equipment reliability, maintainability, and service strategies.

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 and 4 years of relevant experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience OR
• Master's degree and 0 years of relevant experience OR
• JD/Ph.D.
• In Lieu of degree, 6+ years of relevant experience
• In order to be considered for this role you must be a US Citizen or a US Perm Resident

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 is available for this position if applicable
Job Expires:8/3/26
Job Category
Manufacturing Services
Job Posting Date
20 Jul 2026; 00:07
Pay Range
$90,985 - $147,850-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.