Senior Subsystem Engineering Lead

Rolls-Royce Corporation; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Savings Trust

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Share purchase program

Job summary

Rolls-Royce in the UK is seeking a Head of Component Engineering for the Derby-Raynesway site. The role is full-time with hybrid working, leading the sub-system design integration and a SQEP team to deliver safe, compliant, and innovative systems.

You will oversee technical attributes, define standards, and ensure requirements flow from system to sub-system and component levels using engineering tools. A strong engineering background and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified to Degree level or equivalent.
• Significant level of relevant experience.
• Previous experience of integrating staff groups.
• Relevant Engineering and technical Product understanding.
• Enthusiastic in influencing a changing programme and requirements, and in new methods of working.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the sub-system design integration process and integration of staff to achieve this.
• Ensure the technical attributes of the Sub-System design meet the agreed requirements.
• Ensure Sub-System definition is to the required professional standard (rules, tools, methods & Sub-System Strategy).
• Ensure the design is fit for purpose, in accordance with the engineering process EP.1.1.
• Flow down requirements from System to Sub-system and Component level using System Engineering tools.
• Provide technical leadership, direction and functional management of the deployed Engineering staff.
• Develop a SQEP organisation with adequate capacity to support the sub-system through life cycle.
• Leads Sub-System Strategy development to be consistent with Product and other Sub-Systems.
• Leads Sub-System development of Design Styles / Product Lines / House Styles.
• Leads the integration of lessons learnt into Sub-System rules and practices.
• Promote an ALARP safety culture within the Sub-system team.

Skills

Staff leadership

System engineering

Safety culture

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

System engineering tools

Job description

Rolls-Royce in the UK is seeking a Head of Component Engineering for the Derby-Raynesway site. The role is full-time with hybrid working, leading the sub-system design integration and a SQEP team to deliver safe, compliant, and innovative systems.

You will oversee technical attributes, define standards, and ensure requirements flow from system to sub-system and component levels using engineering tools. A strong engineering background and leadership skills are essential.