Systems Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Systems Engineering Manager - Submarines

Working Pattern: 37 hours

Working location: Derby/  Raynesway

We are looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to join and lead our growing Systems Engineering team in the Regeneration Programme. You will report to the Head of Pre-Production who owns all new facilities up to the point of handover to operations.

As a Systems Engineering Manager, you will lead the Systems Engineering team who provide support across the entire Regeneration Programme. You will be responsible for approach to gathering requirements, the management of the DOORS database, and guiding the project in a way to ensure design configuration is maintained. Other details include:

• Systems Architecting
• Requirements Elicitation
• Verification and Validation Approach
• Integration Activities
• Compliance and Acceptance

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.

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:

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to understand the Needs of the Programme,
• Utilising the Systems Engineering Toolbox you will elicit a comprehensive set of Requirements across the Regeneration Programme,
• Work with different engineering functions within the Regeneration Programme to help Define the solution,
• Manage how compliance and acceptance will be progressively attained through the life of the Regeneration Programme,
• Through the Systems Engineering Team, Mentor and guide the engineering functions through the Systems Engineering Approach (ie applying the above bullets into each individual project),
• Providing a detailed set of requirements to the Facility Design Partner to ensure the planned facilities will achieve the original Needs,
• Act as gatekeeper to ensure the appropriate levels of quality are maintained as the programme progresses,
• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and guidance to a team of systems

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.

• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering,
• Experience of leading a team,
• Experience with the application of Systems Engineering skills, specifically requirements management and Verification,
• Experience with the use of Systems Engineering tools, specifically DOORS,

• Application of agile development methods to deliver engineering work products (DevOps),
• Knowledge of other systems engineering (System Architecting, Acceptance, etc),
• Experience with other Systems Engineering tools, for example Cameo Systems Modeler,
• Working with external vendors and sub-contractors.

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.

Closing date: 20.6.25

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