Analytical Engineer (Plant Performance) - Submarines
Location: Derby, UK
Job Type: Full time
We have an exciting opportunity for an Analytical Engineer (Plant Performance) to join Rolls-Royce Submarines.
Reporting to the Analytical Engineering Group Lead, you will be responsible for technical and programme delivery of performance models and analyses for the entire Micro-Reactor plant to enable concept generation, feasibility studies, support high-level requirement decisions, low-level requirement generation, and Safety case analysis. The role requires experience in the development of thermal/hydraulic performance models, applied to the context of the development of a fully integrated product solution in accordance with requirements flowed down from the Novel Nuclear programme.
What we offer:
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits, including 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.
What you will be doing:
* Produce and analyse thermal/hydraulic performance models of Micro-Reactor systems, and apply technical judgement to elicit design recommendations.
* Utilise generalist knowledge from across disciplines to undertake analysis of the entire Micro-Reactor plant under different applications.
* Extract sub-system requirements, plan tasks and technical risks effectively, and track performance against key milestones.
* Deliver analyses in line with best practice and to standard policies and processes that exist within the Micro-Reactor modelling and analytics framework.
* Manage technical interfaces to ensure that a coherent technical solution is achieved and support to the analytical technical leads in planning and prioritising activities to ensure on-time delivery, cost, and quality is achieved for all project deliverables.
Who we’re looking for:
* Qualified to degree level or equivalent in an engineering or related discipline.
* Knowledge of whole reactor systems design, operations, etc.
* Proven capability to deliver modelling and analytical activities programmes to time, cost, and quality with multiple years of thermal-hydraulic analysis experience.
* Critical thinking of reactor plant/Brayton transients and associated phenomena.
* Experience in using Reactor Plant design and analysis codes such as RELAP, COBRA, GOTHIC, or SAM, MOOSE-based applications with prior experience of software languages such as Python, MATLAB, C++, NPSS.
To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.
We are an equal opportunities employer 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.
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