Analytical Engineer (Plant Performance) - Submarines

Derby, England, United Kingdom

1/8/2025

Job Description

Analytical Engineer (Plant Performance) - Submarines

Derby, UK

Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for an Analytical Engineer (Plant Performance) to join Rolls-Royce Submarines.

Reporting to the Analytical Engineering Group Lead, you will be responsible for technical and programme delivery of performance models and analyses for the entire Micro-Reactor plant to enable, concept generation, feasibility studies, support high level requirement decisions, low level requirement generation and Safety case analysis. The role requires experience in the development of thermal/hydraulic performance models, and this will be applied to the context of the development of a fully integrated product solution in accordance with requirements flowed down from the Novel Nuclear programme.

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.

Currently the Novel Nuclear team are developing innovative solutions for deployable nuclear power. This includes deployable Microreactors for Lunar Surface Power to enable space exploration and habitation, and for terrestrial applications to enable the global transition to carbon free electricity. Join us to be part of the team developing innovative power solutions to enable humanity to boldly step much further than ever before.

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, 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

Reporting to the Analytical Engineering Group Lead, you will be responsible for technical and programme delivery of performance models and analyses for the entire Micro-Reactor plant to enable:

• Produce and analyse thermal/hydraulic performance models of Micro-Reactor systems, and apply technical judgement to elicit design recommendations.
• Utilise generalist knowledge from across disciplines to undertake analysis of the entire Micro-Reactor plant under different applications.
• Extract sub-system requirements, plan tasks and technical risks effectively, and track performance against key milestones.
• Deliver analyses in line with best practice and to standard policies and processes that exist within the Micro Reactor modelling and analytics framework.
• Manage technical interfaces to ensure that a coherent technical solution is achieved and support to the analytical technical leads in planning and prioritising activities to ensure on time delivery, cost and quality is achieved for all project deliverables.
  
  

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.

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent in an engineering or related discipline.
• Knowledge of whole reactor systems design, operations, etc.
• Proven capability to deliver modelling and analytical activities programmes to time, cost and quality with multiple years of thermal-hydraulic analysis experience.
• Critical thinking of reactor plant/Brayton transients and associated phenomena.
• Experience in using Reactor Plant design and analysis codes such as RELAP, COBRA, GOTHIC, or SAM, MOOSE-based applications with prior experience of software languages such as Python, MATLAB, C++, NPSS.
  
  

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.

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 Our people | Rolls-Royce

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 must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category

Mechanical Systems

Posting Date

08 Jan 2025; 00:01

Posting End Date

15 Jan 2025