Verification & Validation Engineer
// Role Summary
Join Rolls-Royce's Defence team as a Verification & Validation Engineer, ensuring our products meet all business, customer, and regulatory requirements. You'll be the key point of contact for Systems Engineering, Validation, and Verification activities, driving crucial V&V behaviours within projects.
// Key Responsibilities
- Develop product verification strategies and plans for global MT30 programmes.
- Define test requirements for hardware validation, including shock, sea motion, and NBC resistance.
- Ensure V&V data drives engineering schedules and mitigates technical risk.
- Establish and manage the R-E-D-V structure across all project stakeholders.
- Manage the creation of substantiation evidence and clearance documentation.
- Extract and translate engineering requirements for manufacturing, installation, and testing.
// Role Specification
Verification & Validation Engineer
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 technical oversight for our products to meet business, customer, and regulatory requirements. You will also act as the primary contact within the project and to our customer, supporting the team on Systems Engineering, Validation, and Verification activities, and promoting the right V&V behaviours within the project.
What you will be doing:
- Develop product verification strategy, structured verification plan, Product Development Plan, and Standardisation reports for the MT30 programmes, spanning across UK, Australia, Asia, and Canada.
- Define test requirements to validate hardware in areas such as shock, sea ways motion, and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) resistance.
- Ensure data from Validation and Verification activities is used to drive the engineering programme schedule and remove technical risk.
- Establish and manage an appropriate Requirements, Design Rationale Evidence, Design Definition, and Verification Information (R-E-D-V) structure that links information across all involved areas (Customer, Business, System, Sub-System, and Component) for the project.
- Manage the creation of substantiation evidence and clearance/acceptance documentation that meets the project's demands.
- Extract Manufacturing/Installation/Test and Commissioning requirements from the engineering teams.
- Liaise with the shipbuilder to manage interfaces and ensure the execution of testing as necessary.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce, we prioritize safety, integrity, simplicity, and making a difference. These principles guide our behaviours and are essential components of our assessment process. They represent the fundamental qualities we seek in all our candidates.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Essential:
- Degree level in Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
- Systems Engineering mindset.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and synthesize complex information.
- Good communication, presentation, and report writing skills.
Desired:
- Experience in a relevant domain (Naval, Aerospace, or Defence).
- Understanding of Project Management in Engineering (PMIE).
- Evidence of delivery under pressure.
- Experience in managing relationships with external engineering companies.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe diverse perspectives drive innovation and problem-solving, leading to greater success. We foster a culture of caring and belonging, empowering everyone to reach their full potential. We welcome applications from individuals with a refugee background.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls‑Royce.
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.