Calibration Engineer - Submarines

ZipRecruiter; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Calibration Engineer to join their Submarines division. This role, based in Derby, involves hands-on calibration and maintenance of electrical and electronic systems. Successful candidates will possess a HNC qualification and extensive calibration experience, as well as strong problem-solving and analytical skills. The company emphasizes inclusion and offers a hybrid work model, ensuring a work-life balance while engaging in innovative projects.

Benefits

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading calibration of instrumentation.
• Strong understanding of six sigma / lean techniques.
• Competence in fault finding and circuit diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Carry out calibration and maintenance of electrical/electronic equipment.
• Support breakdowns on calibration-related rigs.
• Produce technical documentation and ensure compliance with quality standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical problem-solving

Electrical standards competency

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

HNC level qualification in electrical or electronic engineering

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Calibration Engineer - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

An excellent Calibration Engineer opportunity has arisen to join a rapidly growing area within Rolls Royce Submarines. You will be working in a factory-based environment as a hands on Calibration Engineer. This Calibration Engineer role offers a diverse and varied day to day, spanning involvement across multi-disciplined areas supporting complex rigs and EC & I systems with technology old and new.

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.

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.

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.

What you will be doing:

As a Calibration Engineer you will support a variety of customers and projects, to meet Customer Demands and our Strategic Objectives.

The role involves the responsibility for servicing, repair, calibration and routine maintenance of electrical/electronic equipment & instrumentation.

In the event of a machine breakdown, diagnose the fault and repair. Liaison and assist others as required.

You will needs to be competent with electrical standards and undertake the calibration of instrumentation on test rigs and bespoke trials equipment.

Electronic/electrical fault finding is a key part of the role and you must be able to follow circuit diagrams and apply fault finding techniques to identify the required solution.

• Carrying out Calibration and Maintenance of electrical/electronic equipment, instrumentation and rig equipment.
• Support breakdowns on rigs relating to calibration, this may include providing solutions and repairs.
• Carrying out Servicing and Fault Finding on test and trials equipment.
• Performing testing to various standards/procedures.
• Processing and approving of external calibrations.
• Ensuring HS&E procedures are followed.
• Managing and Maintaining an inventory of all equipment.
• Producing Technical Documentation.
• Ensuring work is carried out in accordance with the Quality Management System.

Who we're looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Experience of performing and leading calibration of instrumentation for a number of years.
• You will ideally have at least a HNC level qualification in electrical or electronic engineering, or equivalent, in an engineering or related technical discipline with previous experience in a Calibration.
• You will have strong analytical skills and a proven record of technical problem-solving skills along with knowledge of six sigma / lean techniques.
• You will be a good communicator and able to liaise with all levels of staff.
• You will possess excellent organisational and presentation skills and feel comfortable presenting at all levels.
• Fundamental knowledge of Calibration

We are an equal opportunities employer.

We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be.

By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK or in MoD approved cases a Dual from a non ITAR country.

Job Category

Electrical and Electronics

Posting Date

25 Jun 2025; 00:06

Posting End Date

02 Jul 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Calibration Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX