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Manufacturing Engineer - Tooling Engineer - Submarines

37 hours

Derby/ Raynesway

An exciting opportunity for a Tooling Design Engineer role in the Product Specific Tooling Team has arisen within the New Build and Components Business, in Nuclear (Submarines). In this role, you will work to provide bespoke tooling and fixturing in support of component manufacture and assembly. You will be interacting with the shop floor to ensure the design meets their requirements not only at concept stage but post‑manufacture, ensuring all requirements have been achieved.

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. 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.

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 allows you to balance your time between the office, home, or another remote location. On average, all employees are expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, at least three days per week.

• Take the journey through the full design process, from requirements capture through to concept, development, and final design stages.
• Lead the generation of detailed requirements with the customer and identified key stakeholders.
• Prepare the technical documentation such as design specifications, justifications and reports as well as procurement specifications.
• Ensure the required design process is followed both internally and externally.
• Drive the technical programme to deliver the required outputs on time, to agreed cost and quality.

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.

• Degree in mechanical engineering or a similar relevant discipline, although experience and capability will be taken into consideration.
• Track record of focusing on delivery of complex, mechanically engineered solutions against specific customer requirements to time, cost and quality constraints.
• Technical understanding of process design, mechanical design and substantiation, engineering process, engineering governance, relevant regulations, codes and standards.
• Sound knowledge of engineering principles, including design for manufacture, As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP), design for assembly and maintenance, concurrent engineering, Health and Safety, environmental awareness and lessons learned.
• Experience of presenting solutions to appropriate stakeholders in gated design reviews, demonstrating that all key requirements have been satisfactorily addressed.
• Experience of Tooling and Fixturing design for component manufacture and assembly (desirable).
• Experience in the use of Teamcenter and NX.

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. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

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 individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

11/11/2025

Manufacturing Engineering

28 Oct 2025; 10 Nov 2025