Verification and Validation Engineer

Job Title: Verification and Validation Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time

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

Verification and Validation (V&V) engineers lead, plan and execute activities required for component, sub-system and product level test and reporting. These engineers actively participate in development projects as part of the project development team, and ensure testing is properly timed and executed to meet project delivery requirements. They actively engage with design engineering and procurement to understand hardware delivery timelines and develop robust schedules and project plans to deliver a successful test program.

You will be leading or contributing to critical internal and external facing communications that require knowledge, confidence, and superb communication skills.

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

• Define, derive, and allocate system and sub-system level requirements based on customer and regulatory input
• This position will plan, manage, and develop engine/sub-system certification/qualification plans and participate in product introduction gated reviews
• Define engine and/or sub-system verification strategies based on program requirements using structured verification methodologies
• Understand experiment/test requirements and turn them into test plans, budgets, schedules and subsequently test instructions. Understand and articulate risks and opportunities to program leadership to support decision making.
• Lead integration activities between project teams and the test department to ensure instrumentation, controls, data acquisition, test limits, and test data recording are completed. Support on-site and off-site development engine/sub-system build and test activities.
• Ensure test evidence and reports are documented.
• Understand and apply standard development and test processes, in collaboration with the test engineers and test leadership, to ensure a successful test program.

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:

• Associate’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering, with 4+ years of specific experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering, with 2+ years of experience, OR
• Master’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering, OR
• JD/PhD in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering
• Prior experience with validation and verification testing, or with experimental test
• To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exceptional people skills
• Experience managing and interpreting requirements, and developing test plans
• Design, development and test experience in the aerospace or automotive industry
• Experience working in a cross-discipline, cross-functional development team
• Experience working low- and middle-maturity development programs
• Experience with product configuration control, quality systems, trouble reporting and root cause / corrective acti

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: GG10

Closing date:  May 9, 2025

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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.