Systems Design & Integration Engineer - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Systems Design Engineer to join their dynamic team in Warrington. This role involves the holistic design and integration of complex electro-mechanical systems, where you will apply a systems engineering approach to develop and modify critical systems. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality standards and compliance with regulations. The position offers excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion. Join this forward-thinking company and help shape the future of global power solutions.

Benefits

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Flexible Working Arrangements

Qualifications

• General engineer with a degree in mechanical, chemical, or physics.
• Understanding of systems engineering and Stage Gate processes.

Responsibilities

• Apply system engineering to develop or modify systems.
• Author and review engineering documentation according to quality processes.
• Control interface definitions and manage design substantiation activities.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Process Engineering

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Recognised Engineering Degree

Tools

Mathcad Prime

IBM Doors

Job description

Job Description

System Design & Integration Engineer - Submarines

Full Time

Warrington/Hybrid

Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear is seeking to recruit a Systems Design Engineer, who can develop a thorough understanding of a multidisciplinary problem and methodically develop a solution.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

A career in our civil nuclear businesses will be hugely varied and technically challenging. You’ll work with some of the most talented people in the industry and be supported by comprehensive training and personal development plans. So if you have the right skills and aptitude, join us and play a key role in shaping the future of global power.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

The role is focused on the holistic design and integration of complex electro-mechanical machinery and their supporting thermo-fluid systems.

We’re after someone who is unafraid to work with ambiguity. It therefore requires a candidate who can quickly acquire a broad knowledge and understanding of the Process Systems and someone who will be able to adapt to undertake or oversee a wide variety of Engineering tasks.

What we offer

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Be responsible for applying a system engineering approach to the realisation of a new system or the modification of an existing one, deployed in a particular project / multidisciplinary programme team.
• Understand complex specifications and articulate them at a level commensurate with the respective audience. Authoring and reviewing engineering documentation in accordance with company and project quality processes.
• Generate, evaluate, select, and document the most appropriate design or solution for a wide range of problems encountered.
• Controlling/managing interface definitions/information both internal to Rolls-Royce and externally with clients and suppliers.
• Defining and monitoring design Substantiation/Verification activities.
• Undertake basic design calculations and understand the results of those more complex.
• Undertake design schemes of electrical and control architectures.
• Produce and review design manuals (Operation and Maintenance Manuals), produce commissioning instructions and strategies and other design reports.
• Assess supplier equipment proposals and review their deliverables.
• Be technically responsible for defining the scope of packages of work and providing delivery against programme milestones, such as: requirements documents, system operation and maintenance manuals, data sheets, optioneering studies, equipment specifications.
• Ensure appropriate quality, governance, verification, and validation efforts are applied to all design gate reviews. Input to design reviews, HAZOPS and other reviews.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Be a general engineer with a recognised engineering degree (e.g. mechanical, chemical or physics). A background in Mechanical or Process Engineering. The ideal candidate shall have sufficient understanding in other discipline areas to undertake the responsibilities listed.
• Understanding of systems engineering as a discipline, with experience of Stage Gate type processes in nuclear or similar highly regulated environments
• An ability to clearly articulate both written and verbally an argument and rationale of design development.
• A working knowledge of Mathcad Prime, using IBM Doors and knowledge of through-life design considerations is desirable.
• Good communicator with a wide range of stakeholders that demonstrates a logical approach to problem solving and has experience of working with multiple engineering disciplines.

We are 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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing Date 23.5.25

Job Category Mechanical Systems Posting Date 09 May 2025; 00:05 Posting End Date 22 May 2025