Development Engineer

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares Plan

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Development Engineer in Bristol with hybrid office presence. You will own and deliver development activities across verification, validation, and integration, ensuring robust, verified engineering solutions align with customer and regulatory requirements.

The role supports Defence programmes and requires collaboration with multiple engineering teams, coaching delivery of verification activities, and managing risk to keep projects on track.

Qualifications

• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in relevant domain preferred.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute verification strategy and plans for development.
• Coach project teams on verification activities and drive V&V behaviours.
• Plan engine verification and validation tests with subsystem teams.
• Create substantiation evidence and clearance documentation for the project.
• Coordinate aircraft integration issues to support the programme.
• Lead risk management and gated reviews for development packages.
• Deliver Engine Development Plan and Product Development Plan.
• Ensure data reports drive the programme schedule and mitigate risks.
• Communicate assembly, test and strip instructions for verification programmes.
• Define experiments/test requirements and hardware configuration needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Development Engineer

Full Time

Bristol (Hybrid - Min 3 days per week in the office)

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Position Summary:

To own and deliver Development activities e.g. Verification & Validation (V&V), Build/Experiment definition across Component, Bench Engine and Installed Verification (Flight Test), and the subsequent delivery of V&V data back to the programmes.

The Development Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements. It covers engineers who are performing Development, Systems Engineering and Verification style roles.

This is an integration role where the individual will work to enable all engineering teams through coaching and support to successfully develop robust, verified engineering solutions against robust validated customer requirements.

This role sits within our Defence business and supports our multinational programmes to deliver the next generation of Defence capability.

What you will be doing:

• Deliver product verification strategy, structured verification plan and Product Development Plan.
• Be the point of contact with the project to support and coach the team Verification activities, driving the right V&V behaviours within the project.
• Provide the necessary coaching/support to engineering programmes and sub-system teams to plan the engine verification and validation tests, driving the right V&V behaviours within the project.
• Manage the creation of substantiation evidence, clearance/acceptance documentation that meets the demand for the project.
• Manage aircraft integration issues necessary to support the programme.
• Run effective Risk Management and Project Gated Review Processes for the development packages.
• Develop and communicate the plan for delivering the work on time and remove risks/barriers to the plan.
• Execute and manage the Engine Development Plan (EDP)/ Product Development Plan (PDP).
• Ensure R-E-D-V (Requirements, Design Rationale Evidence, Design Definition and Verification Information) health data reports from Validation and Verification activities is used to drive the engineering programme schedule and to remove technical risk.
• Execute effective communication of assembly, test and strip instructions to support the experimental activities and deliver verification programmes.
• Define experiments/test requirements.
• Define configuration hardware requirements to satisfy verification activities.
• Act as a Project interface with Operations plus Test and Measurement capabilities.
• Execute effective communication of assembly, test and strip instructions to support the experimental activities and deliver verification programmes.
• Establish the necessary demand for the parts to support the Engine Development Programme.
• Provide validated test data to programme.

Who we’re looking for:

• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent
• Experience in relevant domain is preferred but not essential
• Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment

Regional Benefits:

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
• Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business, you will need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Validation and Verification

Posting Date

05 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date

18 Oct 2026