Senior Design Engineer – Submarines in Glasgow

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Design Engineer to join our Component Engineering team in Glasgow.

As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be creating component, assembly, and systems designs and associated through-life justification that meet the customer requirements and product attributes of life, cost, availability, and safety margins.

What You Will Be Doing:

• You’ll provide through-life design and substantiation of pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and pipework installations against challenging safety constraints (to ASME III/VIII Standards), in support of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet, applying your technical knowledge, expertise, and engineering judgement.
• Create Full Life Cycle Design solutions through concept, design, manufacture, operation, and disposal.
• Integrate cross-discipline engineering concepts, collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain functions.
• Document and verify information against sound mechanical engineering practices and references.
• Present at technical reviews in front of peers and expert panels.
• Publish safety and technical reports that detail robust design substantiation, which are subjected to customer and regulatory scrutiny.

Position Qualifications:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone who is/has:

• Experienced Mechanical Design Engineer preferably with exposure to process plant, mechanical components, pressure vessels, boilers, or assembly processes.
• CAD Design Software experience.
• Engineering Qualification or relevant experience (Chartered/Degree/HND/HNC/Apprentice Trained).
• Willingness to be flexible and multi-task as part of a team and contribute to company objectives.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to prioritise workloads with competing deadlines.

Additional Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

• Pressure Vessel Design experience (ASME Section III/ASME VIII/ PD5500).
• Experience substantiating design requirements and authoring technical reports.
• External Skills/Experience can be from industries such as Civil Nuclear, Marine, Defence, Aerospace, Petro-Chemical, Oil & Gas, Special Purpose Machinery, Automotive.

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.

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.

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.