Lead Materials Engineer – Materials Data & Standards
At Rolls‑Royce SMR, we are developing a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) to deliver clean, affordable energy. As a member of the Materials & Chemistry team within Nuclear Engineering & E3S Analysis, you will play a key role in building the materials data foundation that supports our SMR design.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and governance of the RR SMR materials database, ensuring large datasets are structured, searchable, and aligned with user needs.
- Define and maintain materials data quality levels, supporting engineers to understand data provenance, confidence levels, and appropriate use cases.
- Source, verify, and validate materials data, ensuring full traceability to original test records, specifications, standards, and qualification evidence.
- Ensure seamless integration between the materials database and wider engineering systems, including analysis tools, PLM/ERP environments, configuration management, digital twins, and IT infrastructure.
- Act as the primary interface with software providers, defining requirements and ensuring tooling meets long‑term programme needs.
- Collaborate across the business, gather user requirements and support consistent, high‑quality data usage.
- Coach and guide colleagues in sourcing, interpreting and applying materials data effectively.
Impact
By developing a robust, scalable, and high‑integrity materials data environment, you will accelerate design decisions, improve safety and quality outcomes, and support future product development.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
- Strong understanding of materials systems, behaviours, and intended uses.
- Degree‑level qualification (or equivalent experience) in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related discipline.
- Significant practical experience applying materials principles to real‑world engineering problems.
- Proven ability to source, verify, and validate materials data, ensuring traceability and technical adequacy.
- Experience handling large, varied datasets and structuring data clearly within software tools.
- Knowledge of ASME materials‑related requirements and other international codes/standards.
- Experience in nuclear or other highly regulated environments, with understanding of ALARP, BAT, and safety case principles.
- Strong collaboration skills, able to engage suppliers, software partners, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Pay and Benefits
- Salary: £60,000 – £78,750 plus performance‑related bonus up to 12.5%.
- Benefits allowance: £2,200.
- Pension: 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
- Holidays: 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) with the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
- Family Friendly Policies: 39 weeks paid maternity, surrogacy and adoption leave, 6 weeks paternity leave, IVF and Assisted Conception support, neonatal care.
- Private Medical Insurance: BUPA single cover health care.
- Life Assurance: 6× pensionable pay.
- £250 one‑off payment for new starters for home office purchases.
Location & Working Arrangements
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements with offices available in Derby, Warrington, or Manchester. On‑site attendance will be discussed during recruitment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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 can thrive.
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