EC&I Engineer (Nuclear Facilities) - Submarines

Rolls-Royce plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby seeks an EC&I Engineer to lead electrical, controls and instrumentation design for nuclear facilities. You will drive I&C aspects across the full lifecycle, coordinating with RR and external partners to deliver on-time, compliant solutions.

Responsibilities include modeling facility-level control design, ensuring safety-case alignment, and conducting peer reviews of EC&I documents. A strong background in nuclear safety and PLC-based systems is required.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects through full lifecycle: requirements, design, detailing and commissioning.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and control design, distribution systems and safety cases for nuclear facilities.
• Experience with PLCs, SCADA/DCS, and industrial network protocols (Profibus/Profinet/ASI).
• Familiarity with safety-related control systems and BS 61508/61511/61513 concepts.
• Electrical/EC&I or related engineering degree or equivalent."

Responsibilities

• Act as Intelligent Customer for Instrumentation & Control aspects of facility design and coordinate with RR and partners.
• Model facility-level control design following requirements, specs, FAT/SAT, and handover docs.
• Define EC&I functional requirements ensuring safety case compliance.
• Perform technical peer reviews of EC&I documents produced by team members.
• Read and interpret drawings, schematics and manuals to meet customer requirements.

Skills

Instrumentation design

Control systems

SCADA

DCS

Profibus/Profinet/ASI

Safety case

Nuclear safety

Programmable logic controllers

Education

Engineering degree (EC&I / Electrical / Mechanical)

Tools

SCADA

DCS

PLC programming

Control system design tools

Job description

Job Description EC&I Engineer - (Nuclear Facilities) - Submarines Full Time (3 Days minimum on site) Derby

We have an exciting opportunity for an Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer to join the Nuclear Facility Engineering (NFE) Team within the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business in Derby. Our Submarines Business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet.

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.

As the EC&I Engineer, you'll enjoy a varied and rewarding role allowing you to take design and modifications through the full engineering lifecycle. You will also be partnering with and leading suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of projects. You will ensure the Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) aspects of the design, build and commissioning are appropriate for the functional and safety requirements of the facilities. Control system design oversight for a range of manufacturing assets and production & experimental equipment across a plant, site or business, ensuring that all outputs are safe, available and capable for use when required. The Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) Engineer will be responsible for performing the necessary specification and analysis to produce the C&I design for a number of systems and ensure site compliance with Nuclear License Conditions..

What you will be doing:

• Act as ‘Intelligent Customer’ for Instrumentation & Control aspects of the facility design, directing and coordinating these areas of work by RR and partners in support of new facility and existing facility upgrade design, construction/installation and commissioning.
• Model at facility level the control design following Internal User Requirements, technical specs, Functional Design Spec, Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Site Acceptance Test (SAT) and handover documentation.
• Defining the Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) functional requirements cascading the requirements from key safety inputs to ensure safety case compliance
• Performing technical peer reviews of Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) documents produced by other engineers in the team.
• Read and interpret machinery and plant drawings, electrical schematics, maintenance manuals, and parts catalogues to enable customer requirements to be met.

Position Qualifications:

• Experience of seeing projects through full lifecycle from requirements, design, detailing and commissioning.
• Knowledge of Instrumentation and Control design, distribution systems and system design, Safety Case construction and Nuclear Safety requirements placed on systems
• Experience and knowledge of Programmable Industrial Control Systems including SCADA and DCS and Profibus, Profinet and ASI Network Protocols
• Knowledge of safety related control systems - BS 61508, 61511, 61513 with a thorough understanding of fault detection techniques including utilising Programmable Logic Controllers
• Design and safety principles of devices, nuclear safety, Hardware logic, SIL systems and Safety Classification
• Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I), Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification although experience and capability will be taken into consideration.

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.

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.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. Level 7-10

Please contact [e-mail] for further information.

Job Category Electrical and Electronics

Posting Date 16 Oct 2026; 00:10 Posting End Date 25 Oct 2026 Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.