Senior Transversals Engineer - Submarines

Job Description

Senior Transversals Engineer

Full Time

Derby, Raynesway

Requirement to travel 1 week per Month

Secondment 1-2 years

Rolls-Royce has an exciting secondment opportunity working as a Senior Transversals Engineer for the Submarines Production Alliance.  The team will be based in Derby but will require travel for 1 week per month.

The successful candidate will be embedded into the platform team working directly for the Chief Engineer.

What you will be doing

• Responsible for transversal areas including control of whole boat hazards and control damage hazards, airborne noise, external operating environment, internal operating environment, design life, shock, externally generated vibration, materials, coatings and corrosion and containment.
• Requirement setting and design control and steering. Integration and influencing individual system designs from the transversals perspective.
• Develop and implement ways of working across the JDA to manage transversals related risks and achieve good platform performance outcomes with regards to transversals.
• Exercise Joint Design Authority responsibilities as a Safety Delegated Engineer to steer, control and assure the platform design integration.

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.

• Ideally a candidate would be at least an Incorporated Engineer or equivalent, chartered is desirable. Any relevant Engineering discipline can be considered including materials, structures, marine engineering, mechanical engineering, Naval Architecture.
• Experience in relevent domain is preferred but not essential
• Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multidiscplinary environment

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

For more than 60 years Rolls-Royce Submarines has designed, supplied and supported the nuclear propulsion plant, providing power for all UK Royal Navy nuclear submarines.

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines an individual must hold a Security Check clearance. We will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t already have it. Due to the nature of work we conduct, we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Grade: NGS 7 - 10

For further info please contact Norbert Ferto (Norbert.ferto@rolls-royce.com)

Job Category

Validation and Verification

Posting Date

10 Nov 2025; 00:11

Posting End Date

23 Nov 2025