Assistant Chief Project Engineer

Job Title: Assistant Chief Project Engineer

Working Pattern: Hybrid/Onsite in office 3 days/week

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation is available for this position if available

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.

You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary:

The Assistant Chief Project Engineer (ACPE) engineer will lead a team of Systems Engineers and Development Engineers. The ACPE will provide technical program management and systems engineering leadership to an extended, multi-functional engineering team that delivers engineering solutions and program milestones for LibertyWorks' projects and products.

What you will be doing:

Here you’ll have the opportunity to work on the following:

• Provide technical, project, and systems engineering leadership to a multi-functional team that delivers engineering solutions for development projects, root-cause investigations, and corrective action implementation
• Demonstrate technical aptitude, business acumen, and program management knowledge as needed to represent the Chief Project Engineer.
• Lead customer and internal technical reviews. Participate in PILM, Risk Management, Design Technical Approval (DTA) and Product Change Board (PCB) reviews/meetings
• Provide oversight of technical risk identification and mitigation per Defense Standard Processes and tools
• Provide technical oversight in generation and maintenance of the program integrated master schedule
• Lead planning, management, and delivery of technology test and development activities required to mitigate risk and satisfy expectation of customer certification/qualification programs
• Represent the engine program in technical meetings with customers, operators, and airworthiness authorities.
• Support the business budget and resource load/capacity processes.  Identify staffing requirements including skill set, capability, schedule/timing, and number of people required to meet program needs and budgets.
• Support proposal and BOE activities necessary to grow the Defense Business through new R&T project wins

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 5+ years of experience or
• Master's degree in Engineering with 3+ years of experience or
• JD/PhD

• To be considered for this role, you must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a high-level security clearance.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated technical project planning and management experience and ability to lead a multifunctional engineering team
• Experience interfacing with customers on technical program issues
• Exceptional people and communication skills
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong customer focus
• Gas turbine engine installation, verification, and performance experience

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. 

Infinite Potential

Closing date:  August 11, 2026
 

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.