Senior Combustion Engineer

Senior Combustion Engineer

Are you an engineering professional with a passion for delivering amazing products? Are you an expert in the field of combustion? If so, keep reading! 

Here at Ooni we pioneered the design and manufacture of portable outdoor pizza ovens.  The fuel systems and development around them is core to the progression of our industry leading ovens.

As a Senior Combustion Engineer, you’ll join an innovative and dynamic group of designers who are continuously looking to improve the performance and function of our products.

Working collaboratively across projects, you’ll play a vital role in guaranteeing exceptional performance, consistency and safety within multiple product formats and fuel types.

About the Role

As part of this role, you will:

• Take responsibility for the setting and maintenance of performance requirements on new product developments


• Work directly with structural engineers and designers within the various project teams to develop modular and efficient gas burners and solid fuel systems 


• Investigate performance limitations and opportunities through simulation and physical modelling at both component and system level. 


• Work directly with the test and mechanical team to develop testing plans, fixtures and methods to aid in the verification and optimisation of designs. 


• Proactively look for issues that may arise within designs that may lead to product inefficiencies directly with the combustion systems or the areas surrounding them.


• Actively advance our goal of product energy efficiency.


• Produce high standard and clear technical reports that provide insight for the project teams to action project developments now or in future projects.


• Diagnose problems and help identify robust solutions to allow the continuous improvement of existing Ooni products already in production.

About you

The ideal candidate will have significant professional experience in combustion engineering and combine technical expertise with a collaborative and proactive mindset. You’ll need:

• Strong academic grounding in Physics, Thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics, with a proven ability to model these in simulation environments.


• The ability to quickly calculate/demonstrate the fundamentals of gas burner designs from orifice and aeration specification through to port loading and flame stability.


• Problem-solving capability across areas closely related to gas system development such as thermal efficiency and heat transfer. 


• The ability to interpret and leverage large datasets to extract trends.


• Strong interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships across departments and confidently contribute under pressure.


• A results-driven attitude, with confidence in decision-making and adaptability to thrive in an evolving environment.


• Experience of development and certification requirements of LPG and natural gas burners is essential.


• Experience of development and certification requirements of  high efficiency solid fuel system design is also desirable.


• Experience in consumer product development —preferred but not essential

This role is based in our engineering development office in Broxburn just outside Edinburgh.  There would be opportunities to work remotely on occasion but the nature of this role requires you to be on site the majority of the time to attend project reviews and run development tests with the team.

About us

• Go to YouTube and search “We are Ooni”. That wee video pretty much says it all.

The quick version is:

• We make epic pizza ovens that cook awesome pizza in 60 seconds and start from only £249.


• We’re one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in the UK according to The Sunday Times Fast Track.


• We’ve built a pretty cool office inside a warehouse in Broxburn. There’s a train station nearby or a car park if you prefer. We have 2 staff kitchens and the beginnings of an on site gym. 


• These are our values: PASSION, RIGOUR, INNOVATION, AMBITION and KINDNESS. We really do live by them and demand them in everything we do. It ain’t just corporate mumbo jumbo to us. See how they’re capitalised to show how important they are?

Benefits

• £500 Passion Fund every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be. 


• £1000 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus up to 50% friends and family discount on all other Ooni stuff


• 35 days paid holiday per year


• Great pizza every single day if you want it. Yep. Every single day. And we’ll teach you to become a pizza pro


• Pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, weekly yoga classes.


• Raising money for charity – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!  Paid days off for volunteering.

If you like what you see, send in your CV with a cover letter to tell us why you want to come on board. In your cover letter, please talk about your passion for product development and toot your own horn about your experience and contributions. Ideally include examples of previous work or a portfolio and expect to talk around these during an interview.