Process Improvement Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Process Improvement Manufacturing Engineer

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Indianapolis, IN/Full-time Onsite

There is a unique opportunity within Indianapolis Operations to join the Central ME Improvement Team. Rather than supporting a single department or component/component family, this role provides Quality, Cost, Delivery (QCD) improvement support across all Indianapolis manufacturing facilities. The selected candidate will use DMAIC methodology, lean principles, and data driven problem solving to identify enterprise level opportunities and drive measurable improvement. This position offers broad exposure across multiple product lines and the ability to make a significant impact on Indianapolis Operations QCD performance.

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.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives 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

The Process Improvement Manufacturing Engineer will lead data driven improvement initiatives using DMAIC, lean, and structured problem-solving techniques. This role evaluates performance trends across all Indianapolis manufacturing facilities, identifies systemic issues, and deploys sustainable solutions that improve Quality, Cost, and Delivery. The engineer will partner with operations, quality, design engineering, logistics, and leadership teams to drive continuous improvement at scale and enable standardized best practices across the enterprise.

Key Accountabilities

• Apply DMAIC, lean principles, and structured problem solving to identify, validate, and execute high impact QCD improvement projects.
• Analyze operational and business performance data to identify the top drivers of variation, waste, and inefficiency across all Indianapolis facilities.
• Facilitate cross-functional root cause analysis, kaizen events, and continuous improvement workshops.
• Conduct time studies, workflow assessments, and labor efficiency analyses to identify improvement opportunities and validate process changes.
• Develop and deploy standard work, process controls, and waste reduction strategies that deliver measurable and sustainable improvements. Support development and maintenance of Technical Package elements required for process control and product integrity.
• Partner with ME teams and plant leadership to align improvement priorities, processes, reduce variation, and replicate best practices across sites.
• Ensure alignment of method of manufacture with design intent through frequent collaboration with design engineering.

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 behaviors 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:

• An Associates of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 4+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• A Master of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology, OR
• A JR/PhD, OR
• In lieu of a degree, 6+ years’ experience in Machining Operations or Engineering in addition to having experience with the preferred requirements listed below
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Accredited Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Black Belt preferred: Green Belt acceptable.
• Demonstrated experience leading DMAIC and lean improvement events.
• Proven and quantifiable process improvement experience strongly preferred, including measurable gains in quality, cost, delivery, throughput, or waste reduction.
• Strong analytical skills, including statistical analysis, capability evaluation, and performance modeling.
• Experience with PFMEA, PPAP, control plans, and process capability improvement.
• Ability to influence and lead cross functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience with aerospace manufacturing processes, tolerances, and requirements.

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 will be provided if applicable.

Global Grade/Level: GG10

Closing Date: 01/02/2026

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Manufacturing Engineering $90,985 - $147,850-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.