V&V Controls & Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the UK is seeking a Verification and Validation Controls and Instrumentation Engineer. The role involves ensuring that business and people's needs are met for process changes and developing verification plans for systems. Candidates should hold a degree in Engineering and possess strong communication skills. The position offers hybrid work arrangements and a competitive salary along with exceptional benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent unless the role is a technician role.
• Experience in relevant domain preferred but not essential.
• Good communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure business and people's needs are met for process changes.
• Document and maintain customer requirements throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Assess and mitigate risks using RRMS processes.
• Create and maintain a verification plan for the system.
• Coordinate systems implementations and modifications.
• Work with Testing Engineers to configure and maintain testing arrangements.
• Set-up and execute system health monitoring and maintenance schedules.
• Investigate and troubleshoot systems problems impacting tests.
• Monitor system obsolescence and input to improvement plans.

Skills

Degree in Engineering

Good communication skills

Presentation skills

Ability to work in multidisciplinary environment

Education

Degree level in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Verification and Validation Controls and Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer

Full Time

Derby/Hybrid (on average 3 days a week in the office)

Why join Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high‑performance culture.

What you will be doing:

As the Verification and Validation Controls and Instrumentation (C&I) Engineer you will ensure the business and people's needs are met and they are ready for the process changes.

• Elicit, document and maintain customer requirements from customer needs throughout the solution's life cycle, i.e. for design, make, operation, maintenance, repair and de‑commissioning.
• Develop potential concepts and use systems engineering methods to determine the best concept. Communicate the results.
• Risk/Safety: use RRMS processes to assess and mitigate risks.
• Develop potential system definitions (solutions) and use systems engineering methods to determine the best solution using the internal and external supply chain. Use Technical Councils and High‑Spots to conduct design reviews to ensure proper alignment of customer requirements and proposed design.
• Verify: create, execute and maintain a verification plan for the system and provide substantiating evidence and reports.
• Deploy: coordinate proper systems implementations and modifications to meet the objectives of the customer including process changes, documentation (manuals and calibration procedures) and training.
• Operate: work with Test Execution, Test Facility and Equipment and Measurement Engineers to configure and maintain product and component testing arrangements.
• Support / Maintain: set‑up and execute system health monitoring and maintenance schedules. Execute system maintenance activities.
• Support / Repair: investigate and troubleshoot systems problems impacting test activities and co‑ordinate repair activities to bring the system back into serviceable condition.
• Improve: monitor system obsolescence and provide input to systems improvement plans using proper program management techniques.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls‑Royce 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. Additionally for this role we are looking for someone who is/has:

• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent unless the role is a technician role.
• Experience in relevant domain is preferred but not essential.
• Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment.

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.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi‑year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls‑Royce into a high‑performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls‑Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Close Date: 24/12/2025

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category: Validation and Verification

Posting Date: 17 Dec 2025

Posting End Date: 24 Dec 2025