Test Facility Mechanical Engineer

Job Title: Test Facility Mechanical Engineer

Working Pattern: Onsite

Working location: Stennis Space Center, MS (Hancock County)

As a Test Facility Mechanical Engineer for Rolls-Royce, you will work with all aspects of test facility lifecycles. The test facility lifecycle consists of work related to new facility creation, conversion and adaptation of test equipment, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, capability improvements, and facility decommissioning activities. This is an exciting position where you will work with test engineering and project groups to help ensure Rolls-Royce test facility capabilities are ready when needed.

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 new role, you will work on the following:

• Apply, size, select, install, use, and troubleshoot: process control systems, valves, piping, fittings, tubing, pumps, motors, generators, pneumatic systems, fuel systems, cooling systems, and hydraulic systems. Analyze structures, equipment, and systems to develop preventive maintenance plans and apply preventive maintenance techniques.

• Contribute to a safety and continuous improvement mindset and enhance the skills of site personnel through training and awareness initiatives.

• Manage and prioritize multiple ongoing projects by creating specifications and cost/ schedule estimates, obtaining vendor quotations, and initiating procurement/fabrication through a gated process.

• Perform job oversight during the test facility conversions or test equipment installations. Provide direction for internal personnel and/or contracted personnel. Organize safety meetings related to installation efforts. Coordinate to ensure installations do not interfere with other testing that may be in progress or planned.

• Document work through concept sketches, layouts, drawings, reports, memos, best practice guides, and regular status updates/emails.

• Provide engineering field support to resolve routine technical problems by applying standard engineering techniques. Work without constant or direct oversight, but under the general guidance of the team manager or more senior engineers.

Who we are 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:

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with 1+ year of experience in engineering OR;

• An Engineering Master's degree with 0 years of experience in engineering OR;

• An Engineering JD/PhD with 0 years of experience in engineering OR;

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.

• To be considered for this opportunity, you must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology with 5+ years of experience in a test or industrial facility environment

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Have full understanding of all processes, procedures, and safety risks associated with a testing environment.

• Knowledge of industrial gensets, hydraulic systems, pressure systems, and structural considerations.

• Proficiency in taking capital projects through design and program management gated process.

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 is a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we are 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.

Pay Range: $70,629 - $105,943

Relocation is available for this role.

Job Posting Expires: 6/26/25

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.