About the Role
As a Lead Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, manufacturing, and assembly of the chassis of our buildings, specifically the floor, wall, and roof panels.
Responsibilities
- Own the design of floor, wall, and roof panels, including associated connectors and hardware
- Own the design, buildout, and commissioning of the panel shop in our new factory
- Own all improvements to the panel shop in our current factory
- Own the packing, shipping, and rigging methods and hardware for building shell
- Own the install methods and associated hardware for building shell onsite assembly
- Build and lead a team of engineers, manufacturing specialists, and R&D technicians to design components and their manufacturing and assembly methods
- Collaborate with structural engineers, architects, and designers to ensure components are code compliant and meet customer needs
- Obtain all necessary certifications and approvals for structural components
- Manage supply chain, quality, assembly, and delivery, working with leadership to hire for these roles
- Establish and track KPIs to understand the impact of engineering and manufacturing decisions on building quality and cost
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in hardware development
- Proven experience delivering large complex hardware products from low-rate prototypes to full-rate production
- Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Skills
- Strong technical background in mechanical design
- Strong technical background in structural analysis
- Strong technical background in DFMA
- Strong technical background in production
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent leadership skills
- Extremely experienced with CAD/CAM/PLM
- Experienced with part families
- Experienced with parametric modeling
- Experience with Siemens NX (preferred)
- Experience with Teamcenter (preferred)
Experience Level
- 6+ years of experience in hardware development
Education Level
- Bachelor of Science or higher degree in a technical discipline (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $160,000 to $200,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Robust health benefits
About the Company
- The American Housing Corporation is on a mission to solve America’s housing crisis through all-out production.
- The company believes America’s affordability crisis is fundamentally a production crisis, requiring a vertically integrated development approach.
- They buy land, and manufacture, install, and sell homes directly to customers to build at the scale necessary to solve the crisis.
- The American Dream is built, not inherited.
- The company hires engineers, designers, and builders to solve the hardest problem in America.
