Hardware Engineer - Submarines

\\n\\nOur submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we are working on here:- (url removed)\\n\\nJoin us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.\\n\\nYou will be encouraged to bring in fresh ideas and generate creative ways of working to make a stepped improvement in our effectiveness, allowing you to make an impact in delivering programmes that are strategically important to the nation.\\n\\nYou will work within our safety critical hardware development team across all phases of product design lifecycles.

The team uses agile SCRUM methods to develop high integrity products adopting the latest state-of-the-art toolsets. Training will be provided where required to equip you with the skills necessary to develop requirements, architectures and designs for controls applications essential for the protection and monitoring of nuclear propulsion plant.\\n\\nIn addition to design activities, you will be engaged in the integration of programmable parts on to existing hardware products and you will define and carry out platform integration testing on a range of products.\\n\\nThe applications you will be involved in are leading-edge solutions addressing the challenges of meeting the highest safety integrity requirements.\\n\\nWithin the hardware team there are opportunities to develop your career in technical management, team leadership or as a technical specialist.\\n\\nThe team offers the opportunity to become an expert in the use of state-of-the-art toolsets.\\n\\nWhat we offer:\\n\\nWe offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.\\n\\nYour needs are as unique as you are.

We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best – wherever and whenever you work.\\n\\nWhat you'll be doing:\\nYou will follow a process driven Hardware development lifecycle to deliver customer requirements by:\\n\\nDeveloping high-level hardware design requirements using DOORS,\\n\\nArchitecting Hardware solutions,\\n\\nDefining low level requirements and detailed designs,\\n\\nDesigning circuits, selecting components and capturing schematics,\\n\\nIntegrating of software and programmable hardware onto hardware platforms,\\n\\nDefining and carrying out detailed integration testing,\\n\\nDeveloping automated testing procedures,\\n\\nManaging change control and configuration management,\\n\\nYou will be engaged in problem solving,\\n\\nYou will be required to demonstrate process adherence and solution correctness,\\n\\nYou will be expected to engage in continued improvement of our hardware development process, for cost and timescale reduction and quality improvement,\\n\\nYou will support process and technical audits, and product design reviews,\\n\\nYou will liaise with software, systems, programmable hardware and safety teams,\\n\\nYou will manage suppliers, including scoping packages of work and reviewing their deliveries.\\n\\nWho we are looking for:\\n\\nAt 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\\n\\nQualified to degree level,\\n\\nIn Electronics Engineering, or related discipline,\\n\\nSelf-motivated and enthusiastic to become familiar with new techniques and tools,\\n\\nExperienced and talented hardware engineer.\\n\\nExperienced in digital electronics design,\\n\\nExperienced in programmable logic device design,\\n\\nExperienced in real-time systems\\n\\nAwareness of safety-critical development constraints (e.g. IEC62566),\\n\\nOur 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.\\n\\nRolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.\\n\\nYou can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at (url removed)\\n\\nTo 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.\\n\\nAs 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.\\n\\nJob Category\\n\\nElectrical and Electronics\\n\\nPosting Date\\n\\n15 Jan 2026; 00:01\\n\\nPosting End Date\\n\\nPandoLogic.

Keywords: Hardware Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG – DE23 8NX