Systems Engineering & Verification Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
Job Description
Systems Engineering & Verification Engineer
Full Time
Derby
SNBG 7-10
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
Position Summary:
The Systems Engineering and Verification Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Rolls-Royce has sufficient oversight for our products to meet business, customer and regulatory requirements. It covers engineers who are performing Development, Systems Engineering and Verification style roles. This is an integration role where the individual will work to enable all engineering teams through coaching and support to successfully develop robust, verified engineering solutions against robust validated customer requirements.
What you will be doing:
- Interface between external and internal customers, to elicit and validate all stakeholder requirements including business, technical customers and partners.
- Create an appropriate Enterprise Architecture solution which serves both business and technical needs.
- Set the Systems Engineering and Verification approach for a Engineering Programme through the the relevant management plan (i.e. Configuration Management Plan).
- Establish / manage appropriate (Requirements, Design Rationale Evidence, Design Definition and Verification Information) R-E-D-V structure that joins information across all areas involved (Customer, Business, System, Sub-System and Component) for the project.
- Ensure sufficient rigor is put into requirements validation and verification, to remove technical risk.
- Ensure R-E-D-V health data reports from Validation and Verification activities is used to drive the engineering programme schedule and to remove technical risk
- Develop product verification strategy, structured verification plan and Product Development Plan.
- Define and deliver robust certification and qualification strategies (for organisations which are design authority).
- Manage the creation of substantiation evidence, clearance/acceptance documentation that meets the demand for the project.
- Extract Manufacturing/Installation/ Test and Commissioning requirements from the engineering teams.
- Define configuration hardware requirements to satisfy verification activities.
- Be the point of contact with the project to support and coach the team regarding Systems Engineering, Validation and Verification activities, driving the right V&V behaviours within the project.
Who we’re looking for:
- Degree level in Engineering or equivalent unless the role is a technician role.
- Experience in relevant domain is preferred but not essential.
- Good communication, presentation skills and an ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
Regional Benefits:
- Generous Annual Leave
- Retirement Savings
- Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
- Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!
Our 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.
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.
To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business, you will need to hold a Security Check (SC) 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.