Senior Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineers play a key role in Rolls-Royce SMR’s Systems Engineering approach by leading the process of verifying that the power station design meets its requirements. This forms a crucial part of our strategy to offer delivery certainty through the use of modern engineering tools and techniques — including analysis and rig testing — to substantiate the design before construction begins.
You will take ownership of complex, safety-critical or business-critical areas of the power station aligned to your expertise. Your initial responsibility will be to develop comprehensive verification strategies that define the activities and evidence required to demonstrate compliance. Throughout the verification lifecycle, you will work closely with design leads and technical specialists to execute these strategies and confirm compliance.
Alongside technical leadership, you will mentor other V&V Engineers, support capability development and complete rigorous technical reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
We are particularly interested in speaking with people from one or more the following backgrounds:
Systems design integration across multiple engineering disciplines (e.g. fluid systems, thermo-hydraulics, mechanical)
Fluid systems or experience in Cooling Water Island, sea / intake systems, Turbine Island and/or Balance of Plant (Process Engineering) designs
We’ll Need You To:
- Develop verification and validation strategies within your area of responsibility
- Act as an intelligent customer in the V&V of the plant and across the RR SMR business
- Support the verification and validation of the safety case
- Produce reports for regulatory bodies and present/discuss findings with regulators
- Define objectives and requirements for verification activities (e.g. rig tests, analyses) and agree these with delivery teams
- Review and collect evidence of verification activities across internal teams and the supply chain
- Collate evidence and use it to assess compliance against requirements
- Manage technical interfaces across functions to ensure coherent and efficient technical solutions
- Coach and review the work of others to elevate technical quality across the team
- Perform detailed technical checks and provide constructive feedback to peers
Key Skills Required:
- We know there’s no such thing as the ‘perfect’ candidate. If you meet around 75% of the criteria below, we’d love to hear from you:
- Experience in verification and validation of new products, ideally in a safety-critical and highly regulated industry
- Experience leading complex engineering projects; nuclear experience preferred but not essential
- Strong project management capability including scope, schedule, resource and financial control
- Experience identifying, managing and escalating technical and programme risks
- Ability to resolve issues while ensuring quality and safety standards
- Strong supplier and customer relationship management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to unite multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong analytical skills and a methodical approach
- Systems-thinking mindset with experience collaborating across engineering disciplines
- Degree in an engineering discipline and recognised by a professional body or working towards this
Location:
- Hybrid working with one of the following locations as your primary site: Derby, Manchester or Warrington.
Salary and Package:
- The salary band for this will be between £50,650 - £66,500 dependent on the skills, values, and knowledge you bring. There may be some flexibility with the starting salary in exceptional cases, and, in due course, there is the potential for you to develop the role further.
Benefits include:
- Bonus - Performance-related target opportunity 12.5%
- Benefits Allowance - £2,200 per annum for a bespoke package
- Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
- Holidays - 28 days (+ public holidays) with ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
- Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover
- Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
- Home Office Support - £250 one-off payment for new starters
You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness and innovation. We offer a flexible, inclusive and supportive working environment, opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business, and a culture that values diversity, innovation and continuous learning.
End Date: March 30, 2026
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