Engineering Technician (£30k-£40k)

Rivan Industries is hiring an Engineering Technician to help drive sub-systems forward. You’ll be hands on, building test rigs, debugging equipment, organising workshop inventory, and helping execute large-scale system builds. You’ll work at our HQ in South London, helping speed up the development of our electrolyser, run reactor tests, and integrate our DAC system.

The role

• Design, build and execute tests
• Design effective test rigs to validate engineering assumptions across fluids, thermals or electrical systems. This might include test rigs with a PID loop to test heat transfer rate of a heat exchanger with varying flow rates and DeltaT.
• Assemble rigs, including pipework, fittings, skids, electrical requirements (with an electrical engineer), and any machining. This may include light CAD work and internal/external part processing.
• Execute the test plan and follow a test protocol to achieve results that meet the spec’d parameters.

• Assembly support and validation
• Accelerate assembly of large system integrations: preparation, ordering parts, clearing areas, using lifting equipment when required, and following assembly protocols (tightening, lubrication, measurements against spec).
• Execute factory acceptance tests (FATs) on new hardware that arrives at HQ or before shipment from suppliers.

• Equipment maintenance
• Maintain a growing range of heavy machinery (laser cutters, water-jet cutters, drills, lathes, mills, welding equipment).
• Keep a list of spares, jigs and materials for use across all machinery.

Core skills

• 2-3 years of professional experience in a relevant environment (workshop, factory, or laboratory).
• Practical examples of hands-on project builds.
• Engineering degree or apprenticeship/background in engineering.
• Personal projects and hands-on tinkering.

The things that are important to us for this role

• Execution history. What have you built or designed before where you had responsibility?
• Reasoning by first principles. Can you deconvolute complex scenarios into foundational truths?
• Urgency. Are you comfortable with a high degree of risk and fast-paced work?
• Grit. How relentless are you despite setbacks?

Specifics

• £30-40K salary depending on experience
• Share options as part of the early team
• In-person work at our HQ in Bermondsey, South-East London
• Flexible time-off

Apply at Rivan.com