Manufacturing Engineer - Technical Specialist ( Indianapolis - Relocation Available )

Job Description

Job Title: Technical Specialist - Investment Casting

Working Pattern: Onsite

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

*Relocation is available for this position.

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:

• Interact with customers to understand technical requirements & resolve issues

• Provide program management for individual part portfolio

• Troubleshoot manufacturing problems & root cause analysis

• Develop new, and refine existing investment casting product to reduce scrap, rework, and manufacturing costs

• Support manufacturing to ensure on-time delivery of product through all operations

• Work concurrently with customers to design components for castability

• Maintain customer relationships through joint resolution of issues

• Maintain and improve casting scrap and rework

• Improve casting profitability through cost reductions

• Achieve cost reduction through process improvements

• Develop and refine manufacturing work instructions

• Develop casting processes for new and existing products

• Assist in quotation of new products

• Achieve cost targets for development and production castings

• Establish and achieve milestones for casting development

• Guide and mentor other Manufacturing Engineers in the above activities

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 and 5+ years of experience or

• Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to be eligible for consideration

• Understanding of Intellectual Property and Export Control requirements

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous investment casting or aerospace experience, single crystal casting experience a plus

• Advanced knowledge of statistical process control

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

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.

Pay Range: $110,476 - $179,524-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.