NDE Research and Development Engineer - Submarines

As the NDE Research and Development Engineer you will focus on research and integration of future technologies across the NDE sector. As part of the team, you will support current research programs as well as investigate and develop new capability, tools, and methods. This allows for the opportunity to work with industrial and academic partners, nationally and internationally, directly as well as through conferences and research communities. The importance of this role hinges around how we can change the ways of working within the NDE sector.

This role is situated within the NDE Research and Technology teams that belong to the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Services (IMRS) department. This role focuses on the research, development and integration of new and novel NDE technologies, therefore facilitating networking across our industrial and academic partners, as well as investigating technologies at conferences nationally and internationally. The work allows for the significant development of technical knowledge around NDE techniques and technologies and the associated physics principles, through training courses, working groups or seminars. Development of knowledge and capability within the team is vitally important to the work being completed and therefore support is given to individuals' development including chartership and training.

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. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

With the opportunity to work within the NDE R&T team you will join us in:

• The development of NDE modelling capability, utilising scripting languages (MATLAB, Python), and commercial modelling tools (CIVA, Ansys, Pogo and Abaqus).
• Deployment of fully automated NDE systems, with the use of 2-7 axis robotics and the development and application of AI, utilising internal capability (MATLAB and Python) or industrial partners.
• Investigating Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), utilising a suite of novel techniques and new technologies.
• Scoping of new and novel NDE Techniques, through academic and industrial contacts as well as the completion of literature and technology reviews.
• Design and support of high integrity inspection development and qualification.

To succeed in the NDE R&T team you will need to:

• Be willing to take technical leadership and accountability of one or more projects, including planning and budgeting.
• Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g. MATLAB, Python, C, etc.).
• Be organised to ensure the delivery of projects are to time, cost and quality.
• A degree in physics, mechanical engineering, or another relevant STEM discipline.
• The ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate technical reports.
• The ability to work in a highly technical environment, in multidisciplinary teams and to tight deadlines.

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 believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.