Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Unlimited time-off

Relocation assistance

Significant share options

Job summary

Rivan Industries, based in London, seeks a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to own our industrial AC power architecture for reactors, electrolyser, and DAC systems. You will shape design standards, safety philosophy, and cost optimisation as we scale.

In-person work at Bermondsey HQ with relocation support and substantial share options. We offer private health insurance, unlimited time-off, and a dynamic team focused on decarbonising heavy industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial electrical design experience (power systems, industrial machinery, or process environments).
• Experience with Electrical CAD tools: Solidworks Electrical, EPLAN, AutoCAD.
• Experience contributing to safety instrumented systems (SIL/PL, SIF).
• Familiarity with IEC 61508 and related functional safety standards.
• Experience with industrial power conversion (rectifiers, inverters, VFDs) and high-power DC systems.
• ATEX or hazardous area classification exposure.
• Experience designing for manufacture and cost reduction at scale.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of AC power system architecture and optimise cost, manufacturability, reliability.
• Produce and maintain full power architecture schematics and protection strategies.
• Contribute to safety system architecture via HAZOPS/HAZIDS, FMEAs.
• Design electrical systems for reactor, electrolyser and direct-air-capture systems.
• Lead panel certification under Machinery Directive and Low Voltage Directive (CE/UKCA).
• Improve and iterate on pilot plants.
• Upskill and mentor mid-career and junior engineers.

Skills

Industrial electrical design

Electrical CAD

SIL/PL determination

IEC 61508

Power conversion

High-power DC systems

ATEX/hazardous areas

Manufacture for cost reduction

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Solidworks Electrical

EPLAN

AutoCAD

Job description

Rivan Industries (Rivan.com) is a synthetic fuel company designed to decarbonise heavy industry. We aim to make synthetic fuel cheaper than fossil fuels and sustain life on Earth by keeping the CO2 locked underground.

We design and manufacture modular synthetic fuel plants consisting of a DAC system, an Alkaline Electrolyser, and a Sabatier Reactor, vertically integrating with off-grid DC solar and the European gas grid. We’ve recently deployed the UK’s largest synthetic fuel plant and are planning to 1000x this scale in the next 2 years.

One of the key limiting factors of our iteration and development speed is building the power and control systems to bring our designs to life. We’re looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to take ownership of our industrial AC power architecture and translate system requirements into robust, certifiable electrical designs. If you’re looking for a place to work that truly cares about engineering and has a shot at making life sustainable on Earth, Rivan is the place.

This is a senior technical role with ownership of power system architecture across our deployed and upcoming plants. You will have significant influence over design standards, safety philosophy, and cost optimisation as we scale. It’s a chance to work with a talented team and receive massive support to bring your ideas to life.

The role:

• Take ownership of our AC power system architecture - optimise power conversion, power distribution, and BoP for cost, manufacturability, and reliability
• Produce and maintain full power architecture schematics, protection strategies, cable sizing calculations, and panel design.
• Contribute to safety system architecture and design via HAZOPS/HAZIDS, FMEAs
• Design electrical systems (3-phase, Motors, Pumps, Heaters, I/Os) to run our reactor, electrolyser and direct-air-capture systems
• Lead panel certification activities under the Machinery Directive and Low Voltage Directive (CE/UKCA)
• Improve and iterate on our existing pilot plants
• Upskill and mentor mid-career and junior engineers

Core skills:

• 5+ years of industrial electrical design experience (power systems, industrial machinery, or process environments)
• Electrical CAD tools (Solidworks Electrical, EPLAN, AutoCAD)
• Experience contributing to safety instrumented systems (e.g. SIL/PL determination, SIF design)
• Experience with functional safety standards and tools (IEC 61508 and related)
• Experience with industrial power conversion (rectifiers, inverters, VFDs)
• Experience working with high-power DC systems
• ATEX or hazardous area classification exposure
• Experience designing for manufacture and cost reduction at scale

Specifics:

• £100 - 140k Salary depending on experience
• Significant share options as part of the early team
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London - flexibility considered based on personal circumstances
• Extensive relocation support, including £6,000 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.