What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Engineer LiftSystem position at Rolls-Royce?
Job Description
LiftSystem Performance Engineer - Defense
Indianapolis, IN
As a Performance Engineer with Rolls-Royce Corporation, you will play a key role within the cross-functional product team designing innovative propulsion systems. This role will also require supporting customer engagements as it pertains to cycle and system level performance optimization by presenting propulsion systems performance function to customer, both internal and external to Rolls-Royce.
Innovate and Power the World
In this role, you will be working with the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem which provides an extremely robust, reliable and easily maintained STOVL solution that minimizes through life operational costs. The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem comprises the Rolls-Royce LiftFan®, Driveshaft, 3 Bearing Swivel Module (3BSM) and Roll Posts. Joining the LiftSystem Engineering team enables the opportunity to support and improve this incredible product.
At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planet.
To ensure we remain at the forefront of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 17,000 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialization, we also offer options to cross-specialize and develop skills across a number of different areas. Create an enduring legacy. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for excellence and innovation.
Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.
Key Accountabilities
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 realize their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.
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 not available for this position
Job Category
Mechanical Systems
Job Posting Date
14 Jan 2025; 00:01
Pay Range
$88,334 - $132,502-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.
LiftSystem Performance Engineer - Defense
Indianapolis, IN
As a Performance Engineer with Rolls-Royce Corporation, you will play a key role within the cross-functional product team designing innovative propulsion systems. This role will also require supporting customer engagements as it pertains to cycle and system level performance optimization by presenting propulsion systems performance function to customer, both internal and external to Rolls-Royce.
Innovate and Power the World
In this role, you will be working with the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem which provides an extremely robust, reliable and easily maintained STOVL solution that minimizes through life operational costs. The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem comprises the Rolls-Royce LiftFan®, Driveshaft, 3 Bearing Swivel Module (3BSM) and Roll Posts. Joining the LiftSystem Engineering team enables the opportunity to support and improve this incredible product.
At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planet.
To ensure we remain at the forefront of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 17,000 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialization, we also offer options to cross-specialize and develop skills across a number of different areas. Create an enduring legacy. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for excellence and innovation.
Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.
Key Accountabilities
- Performing propulsion cycle analysis and performance predictions by creating computer simulation to satisfy an overall set of system requirements with Steady State and Transient Performance understanding.
- Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) Experience and understanding of Thermodynamics, Test Analysis, Transient Engine Operability and Whole Engine Sensitivities.
- Understanding system level issues related to propulsion system design, performance, operability and operation.
- Creating innovative solutions to system level issues related to aircraft and/or propulsion system performance.
- Designing thermodynamic system cycles for optimization to an application using robust engineering techniques.
- Specifying and Supporting propulsion systems performance testing, writing technical reports and creating technical presentations of engineering analysis and results.
- Bachelor`s degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with 2 experience in thermodynamics, gas dynamics, fluid mechanics and/or engine design OR;
- A Master`s degree in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics OR;
- A PhD in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics
- Proficiency in computer programming language such as FORTRAN, Visual Basic, and/or C /Matlab
- In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Permanent Resident or Citizen
- Experience in the performance-related support of the design and/or development of gas turbines
- Simulation/modelling of gas turbine cycles, hybrid electric systems, cycle analysis, engine operability, sizing and/or preliminary design analysis
- Engine cycle design to meet aircraft manufacturer or government objectives including current and future technologies
- Experience in thermodynamic cycle modelling in Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) or similar
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 realize their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.
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 not available for this position
Job Category
Mechanical Systems
Job Posting Date
14 Jan 2025; 00:01
Pay Range
$88,334 - $132,502-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.
Salary : $88,334 - $132,502
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