Senior Electrical Design Engineer

About Rivan

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. 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.

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)

Preferable Skills

• 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
• Visa sponsorship available
• 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.

Apply at Rivan.com