Engineer - Power Station Integration

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity (12.5%)

Benefits allowance £2,200/yr

Pension 12% employer / 6% employee

28 days holidays + buy/sell 4 days

Private medical insurance

Life assurance 6x pensionable pay

Home office stipend £250

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking an Engineer - Power Station Integration to support the development and delivery of the SMR power station design. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to integrate plant capabilities and performance attributes, helping ensure the station meets business, customer and regulatory needs.

This role offers hybrid working with Derby, Warrington or Manchester as the primary location, regular UK travel, and opportunities to apply MBSE methods and systems engineering

Qualifications

• Experience in product or system-level design and integration across multiple systems or disciplines.
• Familiarity with MBSE and requirements management across nuclear/power sectors.
• Strong collaboration and communication with stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of product-level aspects of the power station design to meet requirements.
• Contribute to development of plant capabilities and performance attributes including net power output and availability.
• Apply systems engineering methods to define and develop the integrated power station design.

Skills

MBSE

Requirements elicitation

Systems engineering

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Technical communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MBSE tools

System modeling

Job description

Role: Engineer - Power Station Integration

Locations: Hybrid working with one of the following locations as primary: Derby, Warrington and Manchester

Our mission

Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) offers a British solution to a global energy challenge, placing us at the forefront of a once-in-a-generation opportunity and positioning the UK as a future world leader in clean energy technology.

The team

The Power Station Integration team sits at the centre of our plant design, bringing together engineering disciplines to define how the full power station operates as one integrated system, ensuring performance, coherence and optimisation across an innovative and complex product. The team is responsible for defining power station level requirements, capabilities and attributes, and ensuring these are integrated and delivered across the design.

The role

In this context, we are looking for an Engineer - Power Station Integration to support the development and delivery of the RR SMR power station design.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll contribute to the integration of plant capabilities, requirements and performance attributes, helping to ensure the power station meets business, customer and regulatory needs. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your systems engineering expertise while working at the heart of a first-of-a-kind power station programme.

What we’ll need you to do

We’ll need you to:

• Support the delivery of product-level aspects of the power station design to meet business and customer requirements.
• Contribute to the development of plant capabilities and performance attributes including net power output, availability and product cost.
• Apply systems engineering methods to support the definition and development of the integrated power station design.
• Elicit, capture and decompose requirements and support their effective flow-down to lower-tier systems.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams to integrate design solutions across the power station.
• Deliver capabilities and design information within the Power Station Architecture Model using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Apply structured optioneering and systems engineering techniques to support the development of robust design solutions.
• Support the identification, management and resolution of design integration issues to ensure overarching power station objectives are achieved.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, methods and integration approaches within the team.
• Support technical reviews, requirements validation activities and design maturity assessments as required.

What you’ll bring

As you can see, this is an exciting opportunity to work at the centre of a first-of-a-kind power station design. You’ll bring a systems mindset, strong collaboration skills and an interest in solving complex engineering challenges, as well as:

• An engineering qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience within a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience in product or system-level design and integration, including contributing to the resolution of complex technical challenges across multiple systems or disciplines.
• An understanding of systems engineering tools and techniques, including requirements elicitation, requirements derivation and management.
• Experience using MBSE toolsets and methodologies to support engineering development activities.
• Experience working within highly regulated industries such as nuclear, power generation, aerospace, defence or similar sectors.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex technical information and develop practical solutions.
• The ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of systems architecture development, integration or requirements management would be beneficial.
• Familiarity with industry standards and good practice relating to systems engineering would be advantageous.

Location

We offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements, and this role can be based from any Rolls-Royce SMR location. Regular travel may be required to support collaboration with colleagues, partners and stakeholders across our UK locations.

What’s In It For Me?

• We anticipate paying a salary of between £42,000-£55,150
• Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5%
• Benefits Allowance - £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
• £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases
• You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values innovation, collaboration and continuous learning, where your work will directly contribute to the future of clean, affordable and reliable energy generation.

Selection Process

The recruitment process is expected to consist of an initial conversation with the Talent Acquisition team, followed by formal interview stages with key stakeholders from across Engineering.

Due to the nature of our industry, successful candidates will be required to complete:

• Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) screening
• Financial probity checks

Please note that this role is also subject to Export Control requirements.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We believe diversity of thought, experience and perspective strengthens our business and creates better outcomes for our colleagues, customers and communities.

As a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment practices and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and your employment with us.

Pay Range:

£42,000.00

£55,125.00

Why Join Us?

• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Our Application Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check