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 (£6,000/year)

Significant share options

Job summary

Rivan Industries in London is seeking a Senior Power System Engineer to lead the design of multi-megawatt solar power systems for our DC solar array and downstream distribution. You will ensure safe integration with our DC electrolyser and high‑power inverter, while optimizing cabling and cost.

With 5+ years of experience and BS/IEC certification, you will shape the hardware that moves energy away from fossil sources and contribute to our rapid growth at Bermondsey HQ.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Designing >1MW solar array and power distribution
• Integrate with DC electrolyser and heating elements
• Integrate with high-power inverter for AC distribution
• Combiner box design and optimisation
• Cable layout, sizing and containment designs
• Solar array cost optimisation
• Modeling different configurations and assembly methods

Skills

Power system design

Solar array design

BS/IEC certification

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. 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