Electrical Design Engineer
- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Work type
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Salary
- Not listed
- Clearance
- Clearance required
- U.S. citizenship
- Not stated
- Posted
- Nov 3, 2026
About the role
Job Description
Electrical Design Engineer
Full Time
Derby/Bristol – Hybrid (min 3 day/week office based - Derby)
What you will be doing
Rolls-Royce Measurement & Test Engineering organisation are recruiting Electrical Design Engineers to support them in expanding, improving, and maintaining their global portfolio of Aerospace Engine and Rig Test Facilities
The Rolls-Royce Measurement & Test Engineering organisation are responsible for designing and delivering the infrastructure required to test the next generation of gas turbine engines for both Civil and Defence applications.
Responsibilities:
You will be working for the Rolls-Royce Technical Authority for Aerospace Engine Test Facilities. In this role you will be working with colleagues locally in Derby, and opportunities also exist to work more widely within the UK (Bristol, Solihull) as well as internationally.
The workload can be varied, and you will work on a wide range of projects; from developing the next generation of cutting-edge ground-based test facility designs, through to modification of existing flying testbeds and design of new test rigs as well as ensuring the existing Rolls-Royce test portfolio is kept up to date.
Your role will include:
- Capturing requirements.
- Specification and report writing.
- Developing electrical engineering designs and calculations.
- Developing requirements into concepts through to full detailed design.
- Oversight of the manufacture, installation, inspection and testing of designs.
- Working with our product definition engineering team (detailing / CAD department).
- Provide a technical design monitoring / oversight role.
- Chair / support design reviews.
- Peer to peer review and approvals.
- Developing verification schedules.
- Supporting acceptance testing procedures.
- Delivering test facilities which are safe in operation and during ongoing maintenance.
- Legislative compliance design monitoring oversight.
Why Rolls-Royce?
As a member of our team, you will be working on projects delivering testbed capability to realise Rolls-Royce’s strategic goals to “power, protect and connect the modern world” by designing, building, and maintaining systems which are vital to power. Your work will help deliver the next generation of gas turbine engines for both Civil Aerospace and Defence Aerospace applications for Rolls-Royce.
Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to 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.
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.Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.
Who we are 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.
- Minimum degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent qualification with suitable experience in an Electrical Design role in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience of working within a project environment.
- Experience in preparing and delivering technical reports and documents.
- Experience in developing, testing and evaluating engineering designs.
- Self-motivated, with good interpersonal, planning and execution skills and a team player.
Experience/understanding of any of the following would be advantageous, but not essential:
- Familiarity with British and Standards and Others (BS, EN, ISO Standards)
- Electrical Low Voltage design (BS7671)
- Control and Instrumentation (C&I) design (BS6739)
- Functional Safety (IEC 61508 and IEC 61511)
- ATEX (IEC 60079)
- CEng or IEng (or working towards)
- Membership of a Professional Engineering Institution
- Electrical design software (such as Amtech ProDesign and EPlan Electrical)
- Experience with Siemens NX / Teamcenter
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.
To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business, an individual has to hold a Security Check 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 and Government body approved cases, a dual national.
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.