Digital & Software Engineer- Submarines

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Derby is seeking a Digital & Software Engineer to design and implement data solutions. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders and creating user-centered designs while utilizing data tools like PowerBi. Candidates must hold a relevant degree and have experience in an agile environment. Join a culture that values innovation and contributions from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience creating dashboards using data from executive systems.
• Ability to interpret complex business requirements into UI design.
• Experience in rapid prototyping low/high fidelity wireframes.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end journey of various services.
• Create and modify transactions, products, and content.
• Collaborate with Product Manager/Product Owner for design enhancements.

Skills

Data solution toolsets

User-centred research

Agile and DevOps experience

Analytical and innovative thinking

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Computing, Mathematics, Scientific, Design or Engineering

Tools

PowerBi

Cognos

Job description

Job Description

Digital & Software Engineer

37 hours, Days

Derby

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital & Software Engineer to join Rolls‑Royce Submarines

The Submarines Supply Chain team are looking for a Digital and Software Engineer to help them on their journey in creating meaningful data solutions. These solutions will provide a data rational view of performance that will enable stakeholders to understand performance and identify projects to improve. The role gives the opportunity to showcase your ability to create data solutions and also equally important to implement these within the Submarines business.

Why 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.

We offer excellent development, 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’ll be doing

As a Digital & Software Experience Designer, you will be responsible for designing the end‑to‑end journey of various services, engaging with multiple stakeholders throughout the service lifecycle.

• This will involve the creation and/or modification of transactions, products, and content across both digital and offline channels for Rolls‑Royce and our customers.
• You will consistently validate your solutions and designs through comprehensive user‑centred research and testing.
• You will be responsible for determining the optimal, simple, and engaging ways users can interact with services—both in terms of overall flow and at the level of individual design elements. This will encompass portal‑to‑service level design, information architecture, cross‑page interactions, form design, dashboard design, business intelligence visualisations, reporting, validation, and the consistent use of components and patterns.
• You will be expected to create feedback channels both within the product and through offline mechanisms, including quantitative surveys and qualitative user feedback.
• You will work in close collaboration with the Product Manager/Product Owner to ensure design considerations are embedded within the product and consistently enhanced through user research and feedback.

Who we are 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.

• Degree level education in Computing, Mathematics, Scientific, Design or Engineering disciplines, or equivalent experience.
• Experience of using data solution toolsets such as PowerBi and Cognos to create dashboards using data from executive systems, which can then be used by stakeholders to identify projects to improve performance.
• Fully conversant with Product Managers/ Owners, Software Engineers and users to develop end‑to‑end service design that is usable, desirable and feasible.
• Ideally has exposure to business areas such as manufacturing, planning & control, purchasing, commercial, engineering management etc.
• An ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of problem solving.
• An ability to interpret complex business requirements, translating them into conceptual User Interface design of service/solution for both desktop and mobile experiences.
• Experienced in Rapid prototyping of low and high fidelity storyboards, wireframes and sketches.
• Domain knowledge of Rolls‑Royce market facing verticals (i.e. Aerospace (Civil and Defence), Power Systems, Nuclear and Marine) would be advantageous.
• Proactive, persistent and customer focused with a high level of self‑motivation, initiative, and ability to be independent.
• Skilled communicator, able to engage with colleagues, customers and stakeholders.
• Experience working in an Agile and DevOps environment, within a self‑organised team.

We’re 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 and the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

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

To work for Rolls‑Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls‑Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

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Job Category Digital Posting Date 18 Nov 2025; 00:11 Posting End Date 30 Nov 2025