LibertyWorks System Design Integration Engineer

Job Title: LibertyWorks System Design Engineer

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

We’re looking for a System Design Engineer to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on flagship RR programs and play an important role in addressing some of the most complex and interesting technological challenges in Defense.

As an SDI engineer, you will work closely with the program Engineering leadership team to support the delivery of whole system functionality.

In this role, you will coordinate activities across stakeholders to define, manage and meet interdependencies between systems, subsystems and components that meet requirements.  You will build engineering and architecture models to conduct technical assessments and recommendations that inform key technical decisions.

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

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Optimize the functional and physical interactions within a prototype demonstrator module and with the customer platform
• Apply systems engineering and robust design tools and techniques to resolve technical problems
• Design and integration of products, systems, and components
• Develop math models of functional systems, and ensure system-level design functionality within the project design process
• Define and verify requirements for products, systems, and components
• Lead, coordinate, and influence interdisciplinary subsystem teams to solve complex problems, manage requirements, manage interfaces, and deliver system solutions.
• Progress system through gated reviews. Support or lead risk assessments, design reviews, safety reviews, regulatory reviews, and technical audits from a functional aspect.
• Participate in the system verification strategy development, validation & verification test planning, and test execution activities
• Planning and management of product change, design technical approval and technical investigations.

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 Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2+ years of experience; OR
• Master’s degree in Engineering; OR
• JD/PhD in Engineering
• Systems Engineering / Systems Integration experience
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which requires USA Citizenship

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with Systems Engineering concepts
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering, including the tools and methods used
• Experience with delivering systems in a fast-paced environment, from initial requirements and concepts to final hardware delivery
• Strong written and verbal communications skills

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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date:  May 9th, 2026

Mechanical Systems29 Apr 2026; 00:04$94,160 - $153,010-AnnuallyIndianapolis, 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.