Summary
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Own a mechanical subsystem within an ambitious industrial decarbonization program. You will design, build, and test hardware while improving system integration, performance, durability, and manufacturability. The role suits engineers who enjoy first-principles thinking, significant ownership, rapid iteration, and demanding deadlines.
Highlights
High-ownership mechanical engineering role focused on designing, building, and testing hardware for industrial decarbonization. The position offers substantial responsibility and the opportunity to rethink systems for scalable, standardized, low-cost manufacturing.
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 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
Design, build and test DAC hardware.
We practice our culture, everyone at Rivan has direct ownership of part of our DAC system, regardless of seniority.
We operate with minimal process and bureaucracy, only what is essential to ensure our systems are safe, legally compliant, and deployed on time, everything else is up to you.
We expect you to:
Take ownership of defined mechanical design workstreams, from concept through detailed design, build and testingDesign parts and assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, working within our top-down/layout-driven assembly structuresProduce and iterate manufacturing drawings with our fabrication workshopBuild, modify and troubleshoot prototypes and test rigs hands-onRun mechanical and reliability testing, recording test conditions, results and observations clearly so others can use the dataSupport assembly, integration and commissioning of DAC equipmentWork alongside senior engineers to understand failure modes, improve designs and validate engineering assumptions
Core skills
1-2+ years professional engineering experienceBachelor’s or Master’s in mechanical/aero or related fieldEvidence of having designed, built and made physical hardware work through personal projects, competition teams, placements or professional experienceCompetent CAD capability, ideally SOLIDWORKSUnderstanding of good CAD assembly structure and ability to work within top-down/layout-driven assembliesGenuinely hands-on and comfortable spending significant time building, modifying and testing hardware in a workshopOrganised and disciplined in recording designs, test conditions, results and engineering changes
Additional skills
Fundamental 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
£40-50k Salary depending on experienceSignificant share options as part of the early teamIn-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East LondonExtensive relocation support, including £6000 per year extra to live close to our HQPrivate health insuranceVisa sponsorship availableUnlimited 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
