Supply Quality Engineer - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Derby is looking for a Supply Quality Engineer for its Submarines business. The role involves ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory requirements while conducting product verifications. Candidates should have an engineering degree or equivalent, and familiarity with the nuclear industry is preferred. Excellent benefits provided including performance bonuses and support for Security Clearance application.

Benefits

Annual company performance bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering discipline preferred.
• Experience in Nuclear Industry preferred.
• Familiarity with Submarine processes and documentation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure contractual, customer, and regulatory requirements are satisfied.
• Perform surveillance on manufacturing and documentation.
• Identify and act on non-conformance processes.

Skills

Nuclear Standards Knowledge

Quality Assurance

Manufacturing Process Understanding

Root Cause Investigation

Education

Degree in Engineering or ONC, HNC with Quality Experience

Job description

Job Description

Overview

Supply Quality Engineer - Submarines

Full Time/Site based/Travel required with some international European/UK travel

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

Our submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we are working on here: https://youtu.be/x19YSPecrf8

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include annual company performance bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

The Role

Supply Quality Engineers (SQE) work within the Performance and Improvement Function in the Submarines business and are responsible for conducting product and documentation verification and final product release to our customers from Rolls-Royce’s Manufacturing Business Units and the external supply chain. This vacancy is for both internal manufacturing facilities and external supply chain and may include significant travel (mostly domestic) and potentially overnight stay requests of up to 4-5 days a week.

You will work with our Design Authority, Manufacturing Engineers, Supply Chain Planners, and Buyers to ensure that all aspects of manufacture meet the requirements of the product definition and purchase order. The SQE will also experience significant interaction with our customers during the execution of this role.

What you will be doing

As an SQE, you will operate as the Rolls-Royce Submarines Independent Acceptance Authority ensuring contractual, customer and regulatory requirements are satisfied. This includes (but not limited to):

• To operate as an Independent Acceptance Authority for all products and services supplied by Rolls-Royce Submarines.
• To perform surveillance on Rolls-Royce Submarines materiel; both during manufacture and upon completion.
• To identify and act where manufacturing facilities and/or suppliers do not meet contractual, customer & regulatory requirements by implementing Rolls-Royce non-conformance processes.
• To be the Rolls-Royce Submarines Quality representative at pre-contract reviews to ensure that purchase order requirements are fully understood by all stakeholders and to plan surveillance based on risk and previous experience of the materiel and supply chain performance.
• To identify and escalate suppliers who do not meet quality expectations by generating and monitoring supplier ‘right first time’ data.
• To contribute to improvement activities by coaching people with their understanding of Rolls-Royce Submarines requirements.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Qualifications

• Degree in an Engineering discipline will be preferred or ONC, HNC with significant quality experience.
• Experience of the Nuclear Industry is preferred
• Experience of working with Submarines processes, products and documentation is preferred but knowledge and experience working with a variety of manufacturing processes will be considered.
• Understanding of Nuclear Standards and Specifications
• Experience of ISO9001, root cause investigation would be advantageous but not essential.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category: Quality | Posting Date: 17 Sept 2025; 00:09 | Posting End Date: 30 Sept 2025