Engineering -Lead

Engineering lead

Full Time

Derby

What you’ll be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for an Engineering lead to work in the Special Test Measurements team within Measurement and Test Engineering. Measurement and Test Engineering are accountable for all aspects of measurement methods and capability to support experimental, production and aftermarket requirements.

The Engineering Lead role is a 12-month secondment enabling the successful candidate to develop leadership skills and become involved in a variety of areas across the Business. The role involves sales, supplier management and improvement opportunities within a customer facing role.

The Engineering Lead role will involve leading a small number of engineers within the team but also working closely with the Electronic Design Team. The primary role of the Electronic Design Team is the design/application of systems, electronic and software technologies to provide solutions to a wide range of electronic ground support equipment and engineering measurement problems in a global engine development and test arena. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of a mixed portfolio of new and mature capabilities via the Electronic Design Team and delivery of Electronic Ground Support Equipment to internal Rolls-Royce customers and a vast network of global external customers. This role will give the candidate exposure to a variety of areas of Rolls-Royce, including Engineering, Procurement, and Finance, in addition to external customers and our supply-chain.

Responsibilities:

The Engineering Lead role involves both direct and indirect leadership, Project Management and acting as the interface between a number of different areas within Rolls-Royce.

The main responsibilities will include:

Managing the workload and resource demand for a variety of electronic packages of work including telemetry and signal conditioning.

Ensuring delivery of our EGSE portfolio by managing our supply-chain and developing processes to streamline our design and sales processes.

Delivering our projects and products to customers on time: utilising load and capacity tools to manage workload and demand on the team.

Ensure that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know 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. For the role of Engineering Lead, we are looking for candidates who will ideally have experience in these areas, but we expect to provide training to close any gaps.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline: ideally have experience in Electronics Design but this is not essential.

You will have evidence of Leadership and Team Working.

Ideally will have led a team within an engineering environment.

Have a proven track record of delivering projects through the full product lifecycle.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Grade SNBG8-10.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

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

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Grade: SNBG 8-10

Closing Date: Midnight 20th July 2025

Recruiter: Alison Haw –

Job Category

Validation and Verification

Posting Date

21 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

01 Aug 2025

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