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Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer

Full Time

Derby, Hybrid

Why Rolls-Royce? 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer to join our Rolls Royce Submarines business in Derby.

We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

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.

As an Electrical and Electronics Design Engineer, you'll Lead and drive from requirements to concept to a physical design. Support the development, detailed circuit design, testing and verification whilst ensuring safety is always accounted for. Lead and participate in the development, planning, implementation and adherence of policies and procedures to ensure that the activities considered during the life cycle of a system installation are carried out in a consistent and appropriate manner.

Your role will be vital to the development of engineering and test capabilities. Working within a multi-discipline design team, you will design new high integrity test equipment and experimental test systems.

We are therefore looking for a collaborative, adaptable and flexible team player who communicates well, possesses excellent IT skills and has a willingness to explore, learn and use new emerging digital technologies and software.

Ideally you should have carried out a similar role in a High Integrity Defence, Aerospace or Nuclear industries and have experience of the requirements in the nuclear sector.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and remarkable 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:

In this role, you’ll be working on bespoke designs; utilising both Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) components and in-house designs.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Implementation/Adherence to Nuclear, BS IEC 61508 and UK CA/CE based standards.
• Verification and Validation of Functional/Operational Requirements (V&V model).
• Liaising with multi-disciplinary teams to understand functional requirements and performance capabilities of the system to facilitate effective system design.
• Design and implementation of high integrity electrical and electronic Control Systems (Often PLC/PXIe Chassis based) using to meet multi-layered customer requirements.
• Designing at different levels from System to detailed Electronic/Electrical design (component) level.
• Designing for manufacture, collaboratively with the Electrical Build department/Suppliers.
• Working to Lifecycle management principals supporting design review gates and presenting progress to the customer.
• Supporting the delivery of bespoke work packages to agreed time and costs.
• Preparing technical reports and documentation to a standard compatible with engineering best practice.
• Technically supporting the supply chain, including oversight of electrical/electronic designs.
• Working across various projects to support the Niche Design support.
• Supporting the introduction of Electrical/Electronic Simulation, Schematic Entry and PCB layout packages within the team.

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These values form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Required:

• HND / Bachelor's degree in Engineering field or suitable experience in the electrical or similar discipline.
• Ideally have experience with the Engineering Product/Project Lifecycle (Initial Requirements through to Disposal).
• Professional attitude and good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Awareness of relevant IET/IEC standards (Eg BS IEC 60204).
• Proficient with using MS Office applications.

Preferable:

• Experience with electrical/electronic control systems values, including motor control and PLCs would be advantageous.
• Appreciation of mechanical design aspects and design for manufacture.
• Experience of Submarine or nuclear industry/high integrity controls systems.
• Member of a relevant professional body, ideally working towards getting chartered status.

We’re an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse teams 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 should hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Closing date: 7th May 2024

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