Derby, UK, United Kingdom
Onsite
Role Title: Lead Specialist – Software Development for Engineering Analysis
We are Rolls‑Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once‑in‑a‑career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
Rolls‑Royce SMR has an engineering analysis capability covering a broad range of technical disciplines including structural analysis, thermo‑fluid analysis, electrical systems analysis and many more. Some of these play a fundamental role in the safety case for our power station. Software solutions play an increasingly vital role in automating analysis workflows like these, e.g. by streamlining data transfer between disciplines and hence enabling multi‑disciplinary workflows; or by enabling automated design optimisation through analysis.
Today, many of these solutions are created using Python‑based tools, and delivered in a democratised fashion by engineers across the analysis teams. Looking ahead, AI/machine-learning-based methods will need to be adopted to stay at the cutting edge of capability, as part of our mission to deliver higher accuracy, faster analysis cycle times, and greater efficiency across the analysis lifecycle.
About the Role:
As the Lead Specialist – Software Development for Engineering Analysis, you will provide technical leadership for the creation and development of software solutions that support engineering analysis across the organisation. Using your experience of both relevant software development and engineering workflows, you will create and own the vision for the benefits that this sort of software can provide. You will also define and own the strategy for how RR‑SMR develops this type of software, ensuring the outputs are robust, efficient and have appropriate quality assurance given the safety significance.
You will act as the company’s singular technical authority for how this type of software is developed, ensuring all internally developed or supply‑chain‑developed tools meet the highest standards of quality, reliability and governance.
A key part of this role is capability building: coaching, mentoring and upskilling engineers undertaking software development, helping them to apply good development practice and ensuring consistent, high‑quality outputs. You will directly build and lead a team of a few dedicated software engineers to look after the more complex tasks, and also support a much broader population of engineers doing some software development as a part of their roles within our analysis discipline teams.
This role forms a part of our engineering specialist community, a carefully curated group that provide technical vision and leadership across our engineering capabilities.
We’ll Need You To:
Key Skills Required:
We know there’s no such thing as the ‘perfect’ candidate. If you meet around 75% of the criteria below, we would love to hear from you:
We welcome candidates from a broad range of sectors including nuclear, aerospace, energy, advanced manufacturing, software engineering and other high‑integrity industries.
Hybrid working with one of the following as your primary site:
Derby, Manchester or Warrington
The salary band for this role will be between £60,000 - £78,750 dependent on the skills, values and knowledge you bring. There may be some flexibility in exceptional cases, and the role may evolve as the organisation grows.
Benefits include:
You’ll be joining a forward‑thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness and innovation. We offer a flexible, inclusive and supportive working environment, opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business, and a culture that values diversity, collaboration and continuous learning.
The closing date for this role is 5th July 2026. The process will begin with an introductory call with the Talent Acquisition Partner, with interviews being able to take place straight away.

Pay Range:
£60,000.00-
£78,750.00
Why Join Us?
You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transparency, fairness, and innovation. We offer:
• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch – we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Our Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
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