Capability Lead - Systems Engineering Validation & Verification

Job Title: Capability Lead – Systems Engineering Validation & Verification

Working Pattern: Full time

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

As the Capability Manager for the Systems Engineering Validation & Verification team, you will be responsible for leading, develop and engage assigned Engineering personnel to meet current and future business requirements, deploying assigned staff to approved business activities/technical programs, owning and supporting definition of the appropriate section of the Engineering strategies, ensuring  compliance to process throughout the life cycle activity as well as ensuring that world class capability is effectively utilized to provide products and services that satisfy business 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

• Providing technical leadership to the Engineering resource group and ensure compliance to process throughout the life cycle activity
• Creating and maintaining resource plans to meet the overall delivery commitments
• Ensuring that sufficient resource is available, through subcontract and recruitment (while adhering to Company resource policy) to meet current and future business’ needs and budgets.
• Owning the appropriate section of the business strategy/program and ensure that the capabilities and resources necessary to deliver the strategy have been identified.
• Ensuring effective performance management; in particular ensuring that employees have relevant & appropriate objectives through the Business Plan Deployment Process
• Leading and developing the members of their team within and beyond their respective disciplines, including individual and professional development, training, performance and reward management, HSE and security
• Ensuring staff are suitably qualified and experienced and that the required skills are sustainable for the future through multi-skilling, staff rotation, and the competency framework tools and professional networks and standards
• Contributing to current and future business strategy/program requirements and supporting the budget and load and capacity process
• Be the focal point for communication within and on behalf of the Resource Group
• Leading the functional interfaces and to ensure that appropriate reviews takes place throughout the engineering lifecycle processes involving appropriate experienced specialists and leaders.
• Ensuring the highest professional standards are met through use of agreed corporate methodology and processes and provide checks and balances to ensure that regulatory and business requirements are satisfied
• Ensuring effective knowledge management through the use of knowledge capture, lessons learnt, and best practice guides for the resource group, and encourage knowledge sharing within the group and beyond
• Leading and driving efficiency through process review, teamwork and implementing continuous improvement and operational best practice within the field of work.
• Where appropriate, owning the relationship between engineering and the supply chain and ensure it is effectively managed and integrated
• Applying Health, Safety and the Environment policy including a commitment to continuous improvement

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 5+ years of related experience OR
• Master's degree in Engineering with 3+ years of related experience, OR
• PhD in Engineering
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Sector Customers and Programs
• Demonstrates effective leadership & engineering skills
• Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviors
• Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group
• Experienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving business improvements

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 is not available for this position.

Global Grade/Level: Level C

Closing date: 09/06/2025

Mechanical Systems $115,443 - $187,595-Annually 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.