Summary
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A senior mechanical engineering role focused on owning complex subsystem design, improving performance and manufacturability, and applying creative engineering approaches to build scalable technologies.
Highlights
Own end-to-end subsystem engineering with significant responsibility, opportunities to rethink designs, and focus on scalable, cost-effective engineering solutions.
Description
About us
Rivan Industries is a synthetic fuel company decarbonising heavy industry.
We’re making synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels, sustaining life on Earth by keeping the CO2 locked underground.
Engineering at Rivan is about taking technologies that are conventionally treated as low volume, bespoke, and expensive, and rethinking them completely to be mass-manufactured, standardised, and ultra-low-cost.
Every design aspect must be re-reasoned from first principles, every part’s existence questioned, and every manufacturing step scrutinised.
We’re looking for a talented Senior Mechanical Engineer to own one of our sub-systems to drive that forward, tasked with uncovering new ways of thinking about our system integration, performance, longevity, and manufacturability.
If you thrive on a lot of responsibility and tight deadlines, come and build!
The role: Own the design and manufacture of an entire Rivan sub-system
This role can be across any of our modules, be it reactor, electrolyser and DAC.
You could be designing our next electrolyser stack, creating welding drawings for our next in-house built reactor, or designing sheet metal parts for our carbonation bed.
We need you to:
Own the concept generation, architecting and technical requirements captureDesign test rigs to validate the underlying hypothesis quickly and cheaplyOwn and iterate the design drawings with our fabrication workshopOwn the assembly, integration, commissioning and test plans of that sub-systemLiaise with external vendors to support our production line
Core skills:
5+ years of professional experienceBachelor’s or Master's in mechanical/aero or related fieldSystem design experience, including CAD (SolidWorks), design for manufacture/assembly, and part specification and procurementHands-on workshop, fabrication, and build experienceFundamental thermofluids understanding, including pressure loss, heat and mass transferSimulation/analytical modelling competency (e.g.
python, FEA, CFD)Test setup design, running of experiments, and data analysis
Specifics:
£70-90k salary depending on experienceSignificant share options as part of the early teamIn-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London – flexibility considered based on personal circumstancesExtensive relocation support, including £6,000 per year extra to live close to our HQHeath insuranceUnlimited time off
We encourage exceptional applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role, even if they do not meet all the requirements listed.
If you don't see a current role that fits, we also welcome open applications via our website.
Apply at Rivan.com
