Lead Engineer - V&V Capability & Digital Tools

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 12.5% (performance related)

Pension 12% employer, 6% employee

Private Medical Insurance - BUPA

Holidays 28 days + holidays

Home Office Support £250

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape Verification & Validation across the programme. You will develop and continuously improve V&V processes, methods, tools and standards to enable effective design verification and product validation.

The role focuses on the how, ensuring technical excellence, digital integration and efficiency across the business. This is an opportunity to influence verification and validation delivery for a UK pioneering engineering programme, with hybrid work

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a technical discipline.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards registration.
• Experience applying V&V across engineering lifecycles.
• Experience in regulated sectors (Nuclear, Defence, Aerospace, Energy).
• Strong leadership and capability development proven track record.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of integrated V&V processes, methods, tools and guidance.
• Create and maintain digital solutions supporting verification, validation and compliance.
• Translate user stories into practical workflows and capability improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement and share lessons learned across V&V.
• Lead adoption of emerging technologies (automation, AI) where appropriate.
• Collaborate with SMEs to ensure technical excellence and consistency.
• Develop training, coaching and guidance for engineers.

Skills

V&V expertise

Digital engineering

Leadership

Systems engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered engineer

Tools

IBM DOORS

Siemens Polarion

Azure DevOps

MBSE

Power BI / Power Query

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape Verification & Validation across the programme. You will develop and continuously improve V&V processes, methods, tools and standards to enable effective design verification and product validation.

The role focuses on the how, ensuring technical excellence, digital integration and efficiency across the business. This is an opportunity to influence verification and validation delivery for a UK pioneering engineering programme, with hybrid work