Mechanical Engineer

Location: Nottingham, UK

Closing Date: Rolling

Start Date: May/June 2025

Duration: Until March 2027

Location: UNIP, Nottingham

Hours: Hybrid, 2 days a week in office required.

Reference: RYME25S

Submission: careers@ryme.dev

Salary Range: £40,081-£50,277

Context

The UK’s Advanced Research + Innovation Agency has recently funded Ryme to develop a new type of climate monitoring basestation. We are recruiting for 2-3 engineering roles to help us develop a prototype of this. If successful, this will then be deployed onto global ice sheets to help us better understand and address the defining challenge of the modern world.

Description

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join the ICEBERG project, a pioneering research initiative aimed at revolutionizing the monitoring of ice-sheet grounding zones to better predict climate tipping points. This role will contribute to the development of a novel sensor basestation network for deployment in extreme polar environments.

The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic research team to design, prototype, and test electronic and software systems critical to the ICEBERG basestation. This includes radar and sonar integration, satellite communication, power management, and autonomous data collection.

Suitable for

We are looking for smart, driven and creative people with the ability to adapt and learn in a fast-moving area. Because of this, we will focus selection on mathematical and engineering aptitude rather than domain knowledge and we encourage applications from a wide array of backgrounds. We will help you to learn or develop the necessary implementation knowledge within the company.

The role is particularly suited for individuals who are considering or have completed a PhD or postdoctoral position. The role is intended to take a strongly academic approach with a focus on journal publication and conference presentation as well as just engineering development.

Key Responsibilities

● Design and develop the basestation structure.

● Develop mounting and manufacturing strategies for internal components.

● Conduct thermal modelling of structure.

● Contribute to the detailed design and prototyping phases of the system.

● Participate in feasibility studies for key technologies such as aerial deployment mechanisms.

● Ensure system functionality under extreme environmental conditions, including power efficiency and thermal management.

● Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including glaciologists, oceanographers, and engineers.

● Support project milestones, including requirements capture, system architecture finalization, and MVP development.

● Assist in testing and characterizing system performance.

● Document technical specifications and project progress for internal and external reporting.

Essential Criteria

● 1st class or 2.1 honours degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Candidates not meeting this requirement will be considered on the basis of exceptional experience.

● Passion for solving broad, complex engineering challenges.

● Experience in product development.

● Expert in at least one CAD software package.

● Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a research environment.

● You must have the right to work in the UK.

Desirable Criteria

● Master\’s/PhD in a STEM field.

● Experience of producing published research, e.g. journal papers.

● Experience with environmental or field-deployable sensing systems.

● Familiarity with extreme environment engineering challenges.

Deadline

The position will be filled as soon as a suitable person has been found; hence you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible but no later than Monday 14th April 2025

Term

The position is funded until the end of March 2027. Follow-on funding may be available but will depend on the outcomes of the initial project.

Enquiries & Applications

Please send any enquiries to careers@ryme.dev.