Job Description

Rolls-Royce Defence Engineering Graduate Development Program:

Capability Focus: Materials Engineering

Indianapolis, IN

Who we are:

We are looking for future talent in a variety of backgrounds within the

Materials and Material Science fields to be a part of our engineering function that spans across material product and system development, design, analysis, and test.

Rolls-Royce is pioneering cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe, and competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs across the globe and various sectors that include Defence, Civil Aerospace, and Power Systems.

In the U.S., our Defence market is one of our largest core businesses with a long history of supporting our U.S. military customers in the aerospace and marine sectors. Working with us means being part of curious teams and creating opportunities to build and support product and process innovation and improvement to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. For you, this is the chance to be involved in work you can be proud of.

The program:

This is where your amazing engineering future begins. Our structured Graduate Development Program has been designed to give you an immersive experience across a broad range of engineering capabilities. As well as receiving first-class training and support, you’ll work alongside and learn from some of the most respected and highly qualified professionals in their field.

Our goal is to provide experiences that provide breadth of exposure to the many facets of core engineering and internal networks from technical project teams to leadership to help you navigate exciting and purposeful career opportunities. From this foundation, you can choose to continue to broaden your skills with a technical project or to dive into a speciality focus becoming a technical specialist. Through coaching, mentoring, and training with both our best technical and business leaders, you will develop the necessary technical and behavioral skills to leverage a toolbox of experiences, capabilities, and leadership competencies for success and growth.

What you’ll do:

Throughout the 18-24-month program, you’ll complete a series of multi-month rotations that will focus on the foundational development of Rolls-Royce values, culture, organizations, structures, and tools. These placements will provide an understanding of core engineering and systems methods and procedures with practiced use across the full product lifecycle. Placement experiences afford meaningful and purposeful projects; giving you the chance to apply critical thinking, innovative problem solving, and creative solutions within a collaborative team environment. As part of the team, you’ll address a current company challenge or opportunity to deliver direct value to our customers.

What you’ll need

Ideal candidates will have strong demonstrations of interpersonal skills, curiosity, problem solving, and analytical and critical thinking skills.

Candidates will be able to/have:

• Understand purpose and importance of customer relationships
• Demonstrate how to identify a problem
• Understanding of how to recognize the variables (requirements, quality, cost, timing) impacting a problem
• Demonstrate written and oral communication, and presentation and facilitation skills to a variety of audiences (e.g., technical experts, leadership, and customers)

Majors:

Bachelors Required.

Engineering: Materials, Material Science, Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Electrical and Systems

STEM: Mathematics and Physics

Graduation eligibility: Graduating between December 2023 and August 2024

Minimum GPA: 3.0

Work Authorization Eligibility: to be considered, you must also be a U.S. Citizen. There is no visa sponsorship for this position.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Diversity and Inclusion strategy here .

At Rolls-Royce we also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Closing Date: September 22nd. 2023

Rolls-Royce has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. Designing, building and servicing systems that provide critical power to customers, where safety and reliability are paramount. Our engineering excellence is the power behind some of the most critical technologies used in the air, at sea and on land. Across Civil Aerospace, Power Systems, Defence and in our unique nuclear capabilities, we provide a range of differentiated technologies and products.