Senior Power System Engineer

Rivan Industries; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Unlimited time off

Relocation support

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Job summary

Rivan Industries in London is seeking a Senior Power System engineer to design and optimise a 1MW+ solar power array and its DC distribution, integrating with a DC electrolyser and a high-power inverter.

The role requires 5+ years' experience and a BS/IEC certification; in-person work at Bermondsey HQ with relocation support and a generous share options package, private health insurance, and unlimited time-off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in power systems design or similar.
• Experience certifying solar arrays and combiner panels to BS & IEC standards.
• Strong understanding of high-current DC distribution and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design & optimise >1MW solar array and power distribution.
• Integrate with DC electrolyser and thermal reactor heating elements.
• Interface with high-power inverter for AC distribution.
• Design and optimise combiner boxes, cable layouts and containment.
• Analyse configurations and assembly methods for cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with hardware and safety teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

Power system design

Solar array design

Electrical safety

BS & IEC standards

Education

BSc Electrical Engineering

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, whilst vertically integrating with off-grid DC solar and the European gas-grid. Here’s our entire business plan. We’ve recently deployed the UK’s largest synthetic fuel plant and are planning to 1000x this scale in the next 2 years.

Rivan runs on DC solar. We’re one of the only products that wants a DC electron as far away from an electrical grid as possible. Almost everything on our product depends on a seamless transition of electronics from a panel through to our thermal reactor and electrolyser. We’re on the lookout for a Senior Power System engineer to take the horns of our DC solar array design, remove all the entropy, and make the safety and simplest distribution of electricity possible. Make sure you’re the engineer that designs the solar power system that enables the transition of every last joule of energy away from fossil sources.

The role:

• Designing >1MW scale solar array and power distribution
• Designed to directly integrate with a DC electrolyser, and thermal reactor (heating elements)
• The array will also integrate with a high-power inverter for downstream AC distribution
• Combiner box design and optimisation
• Cable layout, sizing and containment designs
• Solar array cost optimisation
• Modelling different configurations and assembly methods

Core skills:

• 5+ years experience
• Certifying solar array and combiner panels to BS & IEC standards

Specifics:

• £100 - 120k Salary depending on experience
• Significant share options as part of the early team - flexibility considered based on personal circumstances
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London
• Extensive relocation support, including £6000 per year extra to live near our HQ
• Private health insurance
• Unlimited time-off