Validation Engineer - Hybrid in Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Verification & Validation Engineer to join the Defence team. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements.

You will also be the point of contact within the project to support the team regarding Systems Engineering, Validation and Verification activities, driving the right V&V behaviours within the project.

We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. 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. 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.

What you will be doing:

• Create and establish structured verification plan for the global combat ship across UK, Australia and Canada customers.
• Define test requirements to validate hardware in unique areas such as shock, sea ways motion and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical resistance.
• Establish/manage appropriate (Requirements, Design Rationale Evidence, Design Definition and Verification Information) R-E-D-V structure that joins information across all areas involved (Customer, Business, System, Sub-System and Component) for the project.
• Ensure data from Validation and Verification activities is used to drive the engineering programme schedule and to remove technical risk.
• Develop product verification strategy, structured verification plan and Product Development Plan and Standardisation reports.
• Manage the creation of substantiation evidence, clearance/acceptance documentation that meets the demand for the project.
• Extract Manufacturing/Installation/Test and Commissioning requirements from the engineering teams.

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. To be successful in this role you will need:

• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in relevant domain (Naval, Aerospace or Defence).
• Systems Engineering mindset.
• Understanding of PMIE (Project Management in Engineering).
• Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.

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 welcome applications from people with a refugee background. As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.