Senior Mechanical Engineer
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Salary
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£46,800
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2122 (70% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £46,800, and Rivan Industries is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
About us
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. Here’s our entire business plan.
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 design and manufacture of an entire Rivan sub-system
This role can be across any of our modules, be it reactor, electrolyser and DAC. You could be designing our next electrolyser stack, creating welding drawings for our next in-house built reactor, or designing sheet metal parts for our carbonation bed. We need you to:
- Own the concept generation, architecting and technical requirements capture
- Design test rigs to validate the 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:
- 5+ years of professional experience
- Bachelor’s or Master's 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
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 – flexibility considered based on personal circumstances
- Extensive relocation support, including £6,000 per year extra to live close to our HQ
- Heath 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.
Apply at Rivan.com
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Where this offer sits in the market
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Rivan Industries holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2122 going rate of £46,800. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.