Job Description
Test Development Engineer (Fluid Systems) - Submarines
Derby
Full Time
Do you want to be at the forefront of developing world leading technologies for measurement systems in the Nuclear Sector?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Fluid Systems Test Development Engineer to join an expanding team of specialists. As the Fluid Systems Test Development Engineer you will be partnering with inhouse engineering and development teams along with external education, research bodies and industrial leaders in their field. This role also offers excellent ongoing training and development opportunities.
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.
The Rolls-Royce Submarine’s Technical Development Department is a new team that has been formed to deliver a large body of experimental testing that the business is planning to do now and in the future. This is a great opportunity get involved in setting the vision for how we do experimental testing going forward.
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.
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:
- Work in close collaboration with Discipline Development Leads, as well as rig operators and technicians in our on-site engineering laboratory to deliver a suite of experimental testing programmes.
- Be expected to take full ownership for long term roadmaps for all technology areas (includingPIV, thermal hydraulic, high fidelity measurement, acoustic, component, shock, EC&I, physics, materials and secondary propulsion testing) and for both new and existing test facilities, including their delivery.
- There may also be opportunities to engage with external organisations and in research projects at our University Technology Centres, particularly in relation to fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and novel experimental measurement techniques in the near-term, and potentially in other areas in the future.
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.
- Fluid Systems or Thermal Hydraulics background and experience
- Experience of conducting experimental testing to support technical development or V&V, relevant to engineering.
- Understanding measurement techniques, methods and accuracies.
- Good IT skills, including experience of data processing and knowledge of python.
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering or science-based subject
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 individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
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Job Category
Safety & Product Assurance
Posting Date
30 Oct 2024; 00:10
Posting End Date
06 Nov 2024
