Manager – Electrical Systems & Safety

About the role

We are Rolls‑Royce SMR, developing the world’s first small modular reactor. The Manager – Electrical Systems & Safety will lead the technical delivery of electrical system engineering and nuclear safety substantiation across the SMR programme.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team responsible for requirements definition, model‑based systems engineering (MBSE) and verification & validation activities for electrical systems.
• Develop and maintain MBSE models ensuring traceability between requirements, design solutions and supporting evidence.
• Own and develop the Electrical Systems Safety Case using a claims‑arguments‑evidence approach.
• Collaborate with design, analysis, safety case and regulatory teams to ensure compliance with functional, performance and nuclear safety requirements.
• Engage with regulators, independent nuclear safety teams and external stakeholders.
• Manage suppliers and act as an intelligent customer where required.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies across the scope.
• Shape and improve systems engineering processes, tools and methodologies.

Required profile

• Strong experience in systems engineering within complex or highly regulated environments.
• Proven ability to define and manage requirements, interfaces and system architectures.
• Experience developing safety cases or contributing to nuclear safety documentation.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams and capability growth.

Required skills

• Systems engineering
• Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Requirements management
• Verification & Validation (V&V)
• Electrical systems safety case development