Senior Mechanical Engineer (Hydration)

Rivan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Relocation support (£6,000/year)

Job summary

Rivan Industries, a pioneering synthetic fuel company in the UK, seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical design of our hydration hardware within the Direct Air Capture team. You will drive design from concept through manufacture, build and commissioning, focusing on reliability and scalability.

Applicants should have strong SOLIDWORKS skills, bulk solids handling experience, and a track record of delivering rotating equipment and dosing systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in mechanical engineering.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in mechanical/aero or related field.
• Experience designing bulk solids or powder-handling equipment.
• Experience with industrial mixers, agglomeration, granulation or similar solids-processing equipment.
• Strong mechanical design capability for rotating equipment and machinery.
• Experience designing spray, liquid dosing or fluid addition systems.
• Strong understanding of wear, abrasion, sealing, fouling and maintainability in solids-processing equipment.
• Experience integrating mechanical equipment with sensors, actuators and automated control systems.
• Experience taking industrial equipment from concept through detailed design, manufacture, assembly and commissioning.
• Strong SOLIDWORKS capability, including fabricated structures, sheet metal and assemblies.
• Strong understanding of DFM/DFA and practical workshop fabrication.
• Test setup design, experimental testing and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical architecture and detailed design of our hydration equipment.
• Design equipment for bulk solids handling, including powder feeding, conveying, mixing and discharge.
• Design industrial mixers and associated rotating machinery.
• Design spray and liquid dosing systems integrated with powder processing equipment.
• Design around wear, abrasion, sealing, fouling and powder containment.
• Work with controls engineers to define sensing, actuation and automation requirements for reliable operation.
• Design test rigs and experiments to validate mixing, dosing, agglomeration and solids-handling performance.
• Own design iteration with our fabrication workshop and external suppliers.
• Support assembly, commissioning, troubleshooting and scale-up of the equipment.

Skills

5+ years exp

Mechanical degree

Bulk solids design

Mixers & agglomeration

Rotating equipment

Liquid dosing systems

Wear & sealing

Sensors & controls

Concept through commissioning

SOLIDWORKS

DFM/DFMA

Test setup & data

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 Senior 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 mechanical design and delivery of our hydration hardware.

This role sits within our Direct Air Capture team, owning the mechanical design and delivery of equipment for hydration, powder handling and agglomeration. You’ll work on industrial mixing, solids transport, liquid dosing and rotating equipment, taking designs from concept through manufacture, build and commissioning. We need you to:

• Own the mechanical architecture and detailed design of our hydration equipment
• Design equipment for bulk solids handling, including powder feeding, conveying, mixing and discharge
• Design industrial mixers and associated rotating machinery
• Design spray and liquid dosing systems integrated with powder processing equipment
• Design around wear, abrasion, sealing, fouling and powder containment
• Work with controls engineers to define sensing, actuation and automation requirements for reliable operation
• Design test rigs and experiments to validate mixing, dosing, agglomeration and solids-handling performance
• Own design iteration with our fabrication workshop and external suppliers
• Support assembly, commissioning, troubleshooting and scale-up of the equipment

Core skills

• 5+ years professional experience
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in mechanical/aero or related field
• Experience designing bulk solids or powder-handling equipment
• Experience with industrial mixers, agglomeration, granulation or similar solids-processing equipment
• Strong mechanical design capability for rotating equipment and machinery
• Experience designing spray, liquid dosing or fluid addition systems
• Strong understanding of wear, abrasion, sealing, fouling and maintainability in solids-processing equipment
• Experience integrating mechanical equipment with sensors, actuators and automated control systems
• Experience taking industrial equipment from concept through detailed design, manufacture, assembly and commissioning
• Strong SOLIDWORKS capability, including fabricated structures, sheet metal and assemblies
• Strong understanding of DFM/DFA and practical workshop fabrication
• Test setup design, experimental testing and data analysis

Specifics

• £70-90k 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
• Private health insurance
• Visa sponsorship available
• 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.