Senior Engineer Verification and Validation - Delivery

Rolls Royce SMR Ltd.; Derby, Manchester, Warrington; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in revolutionizing energy through innovative power stations. As a Senior Engineer in Verification and Validation, you will lead critical processes to ensure compliance with safety standards while developing strategic approaches. This role offers an opportunity to influence the future of low carbon energy generation and grow within a strengths-based organization.

Benefits

Performance related bonus of up to 12.5%

Flexible benefits allowance of £2,200

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

BUPA personal health cover

£250 cash allowance for home-office setup

Qualifications

• Experience in verification and validation in a safety-critical industry required.
• Ability to communicate complex topics clearly, internally and externally.
• Experience in leading engineering projects and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the process of verifying that power station designs meet requirements.
• Develop verification strategies and collate evidence of compliance.
• Coach other Verification Engineers and ensure high-quality outputs.

Skills

Verification and Validation

Communication and Influence

Systems Engineering

Technical coaching & reviewing

Education

Degree in civil, structural or mechanical engineering

Professional recognition (IC, IStructE, IMechE)

Job description

Senior Engineer Verification and Validation - Delivery

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Senior Engineer Verification and Validation - Delivery

The Rolls-Royce SMR, Development Engineering Function has four capability areas; Research & Technology, Verification and Validation, Test and Commissioning.

Reporting to the Team Leader - Verification & Validation for the area, the Senior Engineer - Verification and Validation will fulfil a key role in Rolls-Royce SMR’s Systems Engineering approach to design, by leading the process of verifying that our power station design meets all its requirements. This is a part of our strategy to offer a delivery-certain solution, by using modern engineering tools and techniques (analysis, rig test etc) to prove the design before starting construction.

Verification and Validation Engineers will be assigned areas/aspects of the power station, based on their expertise and experience – for Senior Verification and Validation Engineers this will typically be one of the more complex, safety-critical or business-critical areas. For this area they will initially be responsible for developing the verification strategy, which sets out the activities that will be conducted, and the evidence required. They will do this by working closely with design leads and technical specialists from across the power station engineering team.

Senior Verification and Validation Engineers will lead the process of determining design compliance for their assigned areas, based on the Verification and Validation Evidence generated, working closely with design leads and technical specialists from across the power station engineering team.

Throughout the verification lifecycle, a key part of the Senior Verification and Validation Engineer’s role will be to coach other Verification Engineers, to develop the team’s overall capability; and to provide technical review of the team’s outputs.

Key Results & Achievements:

• Development of verification and validation strategies within area of responsibility
• Acting as an intelligent customer in the Verification and Validation of the Plant and wider Rolls-Royce SMR business
• Support the Validation and the Verification of the safety case
• Production of reports for regulatory bodies and the presentation and discussion of the reports with regulators as appropriate
• Defining the objectives/requirements for verification and validation activities within the strategy (e.g. Rig tests, analyses), and agreeing those with the parties responsible for executing them.
• Reviewing/auditing and collecting evidence of verification activities conducted both internally and externally in the supply chain.
• Collating evidence as it is produced and using it to assess compliance to requirements.
• Managing technical interfaces between their own department and other functions within the business to ensure that, by working together, we produce a coherent and efficient technical solution.

Key Selection Criteria:

• Verification and Validation: Experience in verification and validation of new products, ideally in a safety-critical and highly-regulated industry. This experience could have included setting out the strategy/plan, verification activities and exit criteria, conducting activities such as analysis, test etc, or reviewing/auditing evidence from said activities to assess the product’s compliance to its requirements.
• Delivery: Experience in leading challenging and complex engineering projects in a regulated industry as well as project and risk management.
• Communication and Influence: Ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely both internally and externally. This includes formal communications such as technical report writing and presenting at gated reviews to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Systems Engineering: Ability to d emonstrate a clear analytical approach and a methodical work process.
• Technical coaching & reviewing: Alongside managing the delivery and quality of their own work, the Senior Engineer will have a responsibility to drive up the quality of the wider team’s outputs, through coaching and reviewing.

Training & Qualification requirements:

• Degree-level or equivalent qualifications in either civil, structural or mechanical engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional recognition through an appropriate professional body, or be working towards it, e.g. IC, IStructE, IMechE

Ref 352 Department Engineering - Verification & Validation Location Derby, Manchester, Warrington Employment type Full-time Salary £48,000 - £62,500 Closing date 04/08/2025 Role related

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Senior Engineer Verification and Validation - Delivery

The Rolls-Royce SMR, Development Engineering Function has four capability areas; Research & Technology, Verification and Validation, Test and Commissioning.

Reporting to the Team Leader - Verification & Validation for the area, the Senior Engineer - Verification and Validation will fulfil a key role in Rolls-Royce SMR’s Systems Engineering approach to design, by leading the process of verifying that our power station design meets all its requirements. This is a part of our strategy to offer a delivery-certain solution, by using modern engineering tools and techniques (analysis, rig test etc) to prove the design before starting construction.

Verification and Validation Engineers will be assigned areas/aspects of the power station, based on their expertise and experience – for Senior Verification and Validation Engineers this will typically be one of the more complex, safety-critical or business-critical areas. For this area they will initially be responsible for developing the verification strategy, which sets out the activities that will be conducted, and the evidence required. They will do this by working closely with design leads and technical specialists from across the power station engineering team.

Senior Verification and Validation Engineers will lead the process of determining design compliance for their assigned areas, based on the Verification and Validation Evidence generated, working closely with design leads and technical specialists from across the power station engineering team.

Throughout the verification lifecycle, a key part of the Senior Verification and Validation Engineer’s role will be to coach other Verification Engineers, to develop the team’s overall capability; and to provide technical review of the team’s outputs.

Key Results & Achievements:

• Development of verification and validation strategies within area of responsibility
• Acting as an intelligent customer in the Verification and Validation of the Plant and wider Rolls-Royce SMR business
• Support the Validation and the Verification of the safety case
• Production of reports for regulatory bodies and the presentation and discussion of the reports with regulators as appropriate
• Defining the objectives/requirements for verification and validation activities within the strategy (e.g. Rig tests, analyses), and agreeing those with the parties responsible for executing them.
• Reviewing/auditing and collecting evidence of verification activities conducted both internally and externally in the supply chain.
• Collating evidence as it is produced and using it to assess compliance to requirements.
• Managing technical interfaces between their own department and other functions within the business to ensure that, by working together, we produce a coherent and efficient technical solution.

Key Selection Criteria:

• Verification and Validation: Experience in verification and validation of new products, ideally in a safety-critical and highly-regulated industry. This experience could have included setting out the strategy/plan, verification activities and exit criteria, conducting activities such as analysis, test etc, or reviewing/auditing evidence from said activities to assess the product’s compliance to its requirements.
• Delivery: Experience in leading challenging and complex engineering projects in a regulated industry as well as project and risk management.
• Communication and Influence: Ability to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely both internally and externally. This includes formal communications such as technical report writing and presenting at gated reviews to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Systems Engineering: Ability to d emonstrate a clear analytical approach and a methodical work process.
• Technical coaching & reviewing: Alongside managing the delivery and quality of their own work, the Senior Engineer will have a responsibility to drive up the quality of the wider team’s outputs, through coaching and reviewing.

Training & Qualification requirements:

• Degree-level or equivalent qualifications in either civil, structural or mechanical engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional recognition through an appropriate professional body, or be working towards it, e.g. IC, IStructE, IMechE

Pay and benefits

• Salary - £48,000 - £62,500

• A performance related bonus of up to 12.5%,

• An attractive pension scheme with 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.

• You will also receive a flexible benefits allowance of £2,200, enabling you to create a bespoke package to suit your needs.

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holiday) with ability to buy additional days.

• BUPA personal health cover

• £250 one-off cash allowance on joining to spend on your home-office set-up

Company related

We are Rolls-Royce SMR

Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.

We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.

The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.

Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues

Our Culture

At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge.

Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.