Experimental Assembly Controller

Job Description

Job Title: Experimental Assembly Controller

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Rolls-Royce is looking for an Experimental Assembly Controller to join our growing team. This is an exciting opportunity to own and deliver program execution in Validation & Verification including all aspects of planning and execution of build and testing e.g. product, system, component, Installed Verification, and the subsequent delivery of test/strip data back to the programs.

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:

• Understand experiments/test requirement and turn them into test schedules and subsequently test Instructions,
• Implement effective Risk Management and Project Gated Review Processes for the package and apply HSE policy including a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Manage the safety aspects of any solution. Ensure proper risk management and execution of a safe test
• Executes and manage the EDP/PDP. Govern and execute the ETA for program.
• Executing effective communication of assembly, test and strip instructions to support the experimental activities and deliver verification programs.
• Coordinate build and strip effort
• Plans Vehicle Build, Test Execution and strip
• Provide validated test data to program
• Develop and communicate the plan for delivering the work on time and remove risks/barriers to the plan
• Executing effective communication of assembly, test and strip instructions to support the experimental activities and deliver verification programs.

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:

• Associate’s degree in Science / Technology with 3+ year of Configuration or Logistics, OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Science / Technology with 1+ years of Configuration experience, OR
• Master’s degree in Science / Technology, OR
• PhD degree
• In Leu of Degree……
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• 1 year of managing configuration on complex aerospace applications
• 1 year of logistics experience
• User level SAP knowledge
• User level Engineering Configuration software knowledge
• Experience with Third Parity Logistics and material flow through a complex supply chain
• Experience in Development process of NPI
• FAA A&P, P, licence in good standing with issuing authority

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: June 30, 2025

Job Category

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.