Mechanical Engineer (Methanation)

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Private health insurance

Unlimited time-off

Relocation support

Job summary

Rivan Industries, a London-based synthetic fuel company, seeks a Mechanical Engineer to accelerate the design of our methanation reactor sub-system. You will own the system’s concept, design, test rigs and drawings, coordinating with manufacturing and external vendors to ensure safe, on-time deployment.

We value ownership, minimal bureaucracy, and rapid iteration. In-person work at our Bermondsey HQ includes relocation support (£6,000/yr) and employee benefits such as private health insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in mechanical/aero or related field.
• Hands-on workshop fabrication and build experience.
• System design experience including CAD (SolidWorks) and DFM/ DFA, plus part specification and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and manufacture of an entire sub-system.
• Develop design concepts, architectural requirements, and test rigs.
• Iterate drawings with in-house manufacturing and assembly teams.
• Lead assembly, integration, commissioning and test plans for the methanation reactor sub-system.
• Liaise with external vendors to support the production line.

Skills

System design

CAD (SolidWorks)

Workshop fabrication

Procurement

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in mechanical/aero

Tools

Python

FEA

CFD

Job description

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 accelerate the mechanical design of our methanation reactor sub-system, tasked with uncovering new ways of thinking about our system integration, performance, longevity, and manufacturability, all in the name of producing the world’s cheapest green synthetic gas. 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.

We practice our culture, everyone at Rivan has direct ownership of part of our 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:

• Own the concept generation, architecting and technical requirements capture
• Design test-rigs to validate underlying hypothesis quickly and effectively
• Own and iterate the design drawings with our inhouse manufacturing team
• Own the assembly, integration, commissioning and test plans of the methanation reactor sub-system
• Liaise with external vendors to support our production line

Essential skills

• 1-2+ years professional experience
• Bachelor’s or Masters in mechanical/aero or related field
• System design experience including CAD (SolidWorks), design for manufacture/assembly, and part specification and procurement
• Hands on workshop fabrication and build experience

Additional skills

• Fundamental thermofluids understanding, including pressure loss, heat and mass transfer
• Simulation/analytical modelling competency (e.g. python, FEA, CFD)
• Test setup design, running of experiments, and data analysis

Specifics

• £40-50k 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
• Private health insurance
• Unlimited time-off