Senior Engineer - Power Station Integration

Rolls-Royce SMR; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12.5% bonus

£2,200 benefits allowance

28 days holiday (+BH)

BUPA medical cover

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a Senior Engineer – Power Station Integration to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams. This hybrid role involves working with teams in Manchester, Warrington, or Derby. The position aims to drive product-level design and integration.

You will deliver and manage key performance attributes, ensuring customer and safety requirements are met. A competitive salary ranging from £48,000 to £63,000 is offered along with a bonus and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in product or system-level design and integration across multiple disciplines.
• A strong grounding in Systems Engineering methods including requirements elicitation and derivation.
• Experience with Capella or other MBSE/requirements tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product-level design of the power station, ensuring business, safety and customer requirements are met.
• Manage key performance attributes such as net power output, availability and cost.
• Conduct requirements elicitation and functional architecture using MBSE.

Skills

Product or system-level design

Systems engineering methods

Collaboration skills

Technical leadership

Experience with Capella or MBSE tools

Education

Engineering background in nuclear or power generation

Job description

Senior Engineer – Power Station Integration

Locations: Hybrid working with one of: Derby, Warrington or Manchester as your primary base

The Business

Provides a British solution to a global energy challenge. We are in pole position to become a world leader in SMRs and the UK’s premier green export technology. This is more than a job – this is a legacy.

Senior Engineer – Power Station Integration

Locations: Hybrid working with one of: Derby, Warrington or Manchester as your primary base

The Business

Provides a British solution to a global energy challenge. We are in pole position to become a world leader in SMRs and the UK’s premier green export technology. This is more than a job – this is a legacy.

The Team

The Power Station Integration team brings together the functional and architectural design of the entire RR SMR power station. Using systems engineering, requirements flowdown and optioneering, we ensure that high‑level plant requirements are translated into a coherent, compliant and fully integrated product at the heart of the engineering programme.

Summary

We are recruiting Senior Power Station Integration Engineers to lead the delivery of plant‑level design and integration. Working across multi‑disciplined engineering teams, you’ll use systems engineering methods to ensure that high‑level technical, safety and performance requirements are met. This role offers broad scope, technical leadership and system‑wide impact within a first‑of‑a‑kind programme.

Key Deliverables

We’ll Need You To

• Lead the product‑level design of the power station, ensuring business, safety and customer requirements are met.
• Manage key performance attributes such as net power output, availability and cost.
• Conduct requirements elicitation, decomposition and functional architecture using MBSE.
• Lead integration across multi‑discipline teams and drive optioneering to select compliant design solutions.
  
  

Essential Skills / Qualifications

As you can see, this is a pivotal systems‑level role, so you’ll bring strong technical leadership, systems thinking and first‑class collaboration skills to our programme, as well as:

• Strong experience in product or system‑level design and integration across multiple disciplines.
• A strong grounding in Systems Engineering methods including requirements elicitation and derivation.
• Experience with Capella or other MBSE/requirements tools is desirable.
• Engineering background in nuclear, power generation or another regulated sector.
• Proven ability to lead technical delivery within multi‑disciplined teams.
  
  

Location

We offer hybrid working but expect weekly attendance at one of our offices in Manchester, Warrington or Derby.

What’s in it for me?

• You’ll receive a salary of £48,000–£63,000 DOE,
• plus a 12.5% bonus,
• £2,200 benefits allowance, 12% employer pension, 28 days’ holiday (+BH), BUPA medical cover, life assurance and flexible benefits.
  
  

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:

• 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