Senior Engineer Dynamics

Senior Engineer Dynamics page is loaded Senior Engineer Dynamicslocations: Warrington: Manchester: Derbytime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR100682At Rolls Royce SMR, our mission is simple and ambitious: to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Our Small Modular Reactor (SMR) presents a British designed solution to a global energy challenge - scalable, reliable, low carbon power that can transform communities, industries, and national energy security. We're positioned to become a world leader in SMR technology and one of the UK's most impactful green export innovations. The Team You'll be joining our Structural Analysis function within the Engineering directorate - a team responsible for providing high integrity analysis that ensures our nuclear equipment performs safely under all dynamic conditions. Your team's work directly influences reactor equipment design, safety case development, risk reduction and programme delivery. Role Summary - Senior Engineer Dynamics This role gives you the opportunity to shape how we understand, model and optimise the complex behaviour of nuclear mechanical equipment under dynamic loads - contributing directly to the safe, timely, and efficient design of our SMR technology. You'll play a key part in a high growth, high impact technical area, helping to define approaches, uplift capability, and influence design decisions from concept through to verification. Key Responsibilities You will be doing Delivering high quality dynamic/explicit structural analysis using tools such as ANSYS, Abaqus, LS Dyna and Hypermesh, including dynamic FE, seismic, blast and impact modelling. Coordinating analysis activities for complex components and assemblies - from load path critique to material selection and compliance with design standards (e.g., ASME, good practice, legislation). Defining scope, estimating timelines, contributing to programme planning and adjusting activities as engineering priorities evolve. Managing external suppliers: specifying work packages, reviewing progress, critiquing outputs and ensuring delivery to quality, cost and schedule. Providing technical steer, supporting peer development, checking analysis work and helping uplift team capability. Collaborating with Hazards, Equipment Design, Materials, E3S and other engineering partners to deliver integrated solutions. The Impact In this role, your work directly contributes to safe, reliable nuclear equipment and helps shape industry leading analytical methods and tools. You will influence fundamental design choices, reduce programme risk, and help build an analytical capability that supports the long term success of the UK's SMR programme. This is a chance to create solutions that will have decades long environmental and societal impact. Essential Qualifications & Skills Experience in engineering analysis, ideally structural FEA with dynamic/explicit methods. Proficiency in ANSYS, Abaqus, or LS DYNA for explicit/dynamic FEA. Strong ability to conduct hand calculations (Mathcad/Excel). Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline. Chartered Engineer or working toward Chartership. Experience delivering work within safety driven, standards led engineering (e.g., ASME, nuclear, oil & gas, rail). Pay and Benefits We anticipate paying a salary of between £50,650 - £66,500 plus:- Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5% Benefits Allowance - £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions. Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days. Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases Location We offer flexible hybrid arrangements with our offices in Warrington, Derby or Manchester, office attendance requirements will be discussed during the interview process.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 We are Rolls-Royce SMR A career with Rolls-Royce SMR offers a unique opportunity to contribute to an exciting organisation delivering a transformational mission. Rolls-Royce SMR is a radically different approach to proven nuclear technology. Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will generate 470MW of low-carbon energy - equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes for over 60 years. With its Rolls-Royce SMRs will play a vital role in supporting renewable energy by helping to overcome intermittency and ensure a stable, sustainable energy future. We're proud to be one of the few employers that can genuinely say we're a strengths-based organisation. Our people are here because of what makes them exceptional - and our role is to help them make the most meaningful contribution of their careers, doing work they love. We offer opportunities that go beyond traditional career paths. At Rolls-Royce SMR you can develop your career by exploring roles and challenges that align with your unique talents. Our culture At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge. Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.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 can thrive. What we offer At Rolls-Royce SMR, our reward offering is focused on recognising you for your efforts and motivate you to continue achieving. Our rewards and benefits scheme are