Mechanical Engineer (Methanation)

Rivan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited time-off

Relocation support (£6000 per year)

Job summary

Rivan Industries, a synthetic fuel company in London, seeks a Mechanical Engineer to own a sub-system design and drive manufacturability and longevity. You’ll lead concept generation, coordinate with the workshop, and ensure on-time deployment with minimal bureaucracy.

The role focuses on system design, test rigs, and integration, with a culture of ownership and fast decision-making. In-person HQ work is expected at Bermondsey.

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s or Masters in mechanical/aero or related field.
• Experience with CAD and manufacturing/assembly considerations.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and manufacture of an entire sub-system.
• Design test rigs to validate hypotheses quickly and cheaply.
• Own and iterate design drawings with fabrication workshop.
• Own the assembly, integration, commissioning and test plans.
• Liaise with external vendors to support production line.

Skills

1-2+ years professional experience

Hands-on problem solving

System integration thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or Masters in mechanical/aero or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

Design for manufacture/assembly

Procurement knowledge

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 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

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 of your system
• Design test-rigs to validate underlying hypothesis quickly and cheaply
• Own and iterate the design drawings with our fabrication workshop
• Own the assembly, integration, commissioning and test plans of that sub-system
• Liaise with external vendors to support our production line

Core 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

Preferable 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
• 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.