Mechanical Engineer

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivan Industries seeks a Mechanical Engineer passionate about developing innovative synthetic fuels. This role focuses on designing subsystems for pivotal product modules, requiring a blend of engineering expertise and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced environment. Successful candidates will enjoy a competitive salary, share options, and excellent relocation support while working at a vibrant HQ in London.

Benefits

Significant share options

Flexible time-off

Extensive relocation support

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience in mechanical engineering.
• Experience with chemical reactors, direct-air-capture or electrolyser design.
• Previous execution on built projects or designs.

Responsibilities

• Design and build sub-system infrastructure to validate performance hypotheses.
• Develop systems for DAC and Electrolysis processes.
• Handle cooling and pumping infrastructure design.

Skills

Mechanical engineering design and build experience

CAD (SolidWorks)

Reasoning by first principles

Execution history

Ability to handle high-degree of risk and pressure

Education

Bachelor’s or Masters in mechanical engineering

Job description

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Rivan Industries (Rivan.com) is a synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise heavy industry. We’ve developed a unique power-to-fuel machine built for low-capex deployment powered entirely by utility-scale solar. Here’s our entire business plan (https://rivan.com/the-case-for-synthetic-fuels/). We already have individual operating modules of our machine, we’re funded, and we’re now building out the team to bring the vision together and deploy at scale.

We aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on earth by keeping the CO2 locked underground. We’re looking for a Mechanical Engineer to help us speed up development of our 3 core product modules – Alkaline electrolyser, Direct-air-capture, and Sabatier reactor. If you want to work on a high-impact technology that you’ll see the impact of in the world surrounded by smart people working with a sense of urgency and intensity – this is for you. For how that looks, here’s how we run the company (https://rivan.com/how-we-operate/).

The role

Design and build sub-system infrastructure to rapidly validate performance hypotheses.

DAC

• Extrusion.
• Carbonation and humidification.
• Calcination and kiln design.

Electrolysis

• Cooling infrastructure.
• Pumping and fluid designs.

Reactor

• Cooling, heating, and condensation.
• Compression and storage designs and architecture.

Core skills

• 3+ years professional experience.
• Bachelor’s or Masters in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Chemical reactor, direct-air-capture or electrolyser design and build experience (or related).
• CAD (SolidWorks) experience.

The things that are important to us for this role

• Execution history. What have you built or designed before where you had the responsibility? Side projects are great.
• Reasoning by first principles. Can you deconvolute complex scenarios into their foundational truths or parts?
• Urgency. We don’t have time to wait, are you comfortable with a high-degree of risk and pressure to move fast?

The things we don’t care about very much

• Where you went to school / education.
• Where you have worked previously.

Specifics

• £60-90K Salary depending on experience.
• Significant share options as part of the early team.
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London.
• Extensive relocation support, including £6000 per year extra to live close to our HQ.
• Flexible time-off.

Apply through our website: https://rivan.com/

We look forward to reading why you'd be a great fit to join our incredible team!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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