Mechanical Engineer (Methanation)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Significant share options

Relocation support £6000/year

Private health insurance

Unlimited time-off

Job summary

Rivan Industries in London is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to accelerate the mechanical design of our methanation reactor sub-system, focusing on system integration, performance, longevity, and manufacturability. You will own concept generation, create test rigs, and drive design drawings for production.

We offer significant share options, relocation assistance, private health insurance, and unlimited time off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's in mechanical/aero or related field.
• 1–2+ years professional experience.
• CAD (SolidWorks) and DFMA experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and manufacture of an entire sub-system.
• 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.

Skills

Hands-on workshop fabrication

System design experience

Design for manufacture/assembly

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in mechanical/aero or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

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

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.