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Component Design Engineer

Rolls-Royce CWSDerby, Derbyshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 18 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Posted
3 days ago
Mechanical DesignStakeholder Management

Job Description

Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one way we support Rolls-Royce. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of Rolls-Royce who develop cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet the planet's vital power needs we are looking for a number of Component Design Engineers across both Derby and Bristol.
Due to a significant increase in demand across our business, we're expanding our team with multiple opportunities available. These roles have been created to support a number of exciting change and transformation initiatives, while also aligning our resources to meet current and future business needs

Purpose of the role:
  • Deliver design solutions for components and complex assemblies, ensuring safety, quality, manufacturability, and product robustness.
  • Produce and maintain engineering definitions, models, and technical documentation.
  • Work closely with manufacturing, analysis, project, and customer teams to deliver engineering solutions.
  • Support product lifecycle activities, including design updates, verification, validation, and in-service investigations.
  • Evaluate operational performance and reliability data to drive product improvements.
  • Support technology development programmes and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain engineering methods, standards, tools, and best practice guidance.
  • Capture and apply lessons learned throughout the design lifecycle.

As a Component Design Engineeryou will:
  • Experience as a Design Engineer within a highly regulated industry such as Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear, Automotive, or Energy.
  • Strong understanding of mechanical design principles and methodologies.
  • Experience designing components, assemblies, or systems within a complex engineering environment.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes and Design for Manufacture (DfM) principles.
  • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

Next steps:

We will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this Component Design Engineerposition and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.


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