Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering - Design Team

Location: Chennai, IITM Research Park | Department: Engineering & Design

Role in the Team

• Report directly to the CTO / Founder and serve as the single point of technical leadership
  
  

across all engineering and design functions — structural design, BIM, estimating, and site

execution

interfaces.

• Own and lead a multidisciplinary engineering design team — Lead Engineers, BIM Lead,
  
  

Sr. Structural Designers, and Detailers — setting technical standards, design culture, and

delivery

accountability across all active projects.

• Act as the primary technical interface with IIT Madras (IITM) for design validation, structural
  
  

vetting, and cutting-edge R&D collaboration on next-generation modular building systems.

• Partner with procurement, factory, and site execution teams to drive the BIM-to-Factory
  
  

pipeline — ensuring every design is translated into fabrication-ready, erection-ready, and

site-executable

outputs.

• Collaborate with sales, estimation, and contracts teams to provide technical authority in
  
  

client engagements, bid clarifications, and value engineering reviews.

• Drive cross-functional initiatives in DFMA, PFMEA, and Lean Construction —
  
  

buildingengineering systems that reduce on-site skill dependency and increase

factory-completion percentages toward 99%.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Master's degree (M.Tech / M.E.) in Structural Engineering — mandatory. Preference for IIT
  
  

/ NIT graduates.

• Additional qualifications in DFMA, Lean Construction, Agile Engineering, or Product
  
  

Management are a strong advantage.

Technical Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in structural/construction engineering, with at least 3-5 years in a
  
  

senior leadership role overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Proven track record in designing and scaling PEB, LGSF, and modular / industrialised
  
  

building systems — from concept through to mass-produced, multi-geography deployment.

• Deep expertise in IS codes — IS 800, IS 456, IS 875, IS 1893 — and strong understanding
  
  

of structural system behaviour, connection design, and fabrication tolerances.

• Expert proficiency in STAAD Pro, ETABS, and Revit / BIM tools — with clear understanding
  
  

of how these integrate with manufacturing ERPs and BIM-to-factory digital pipelines.

• Hands-on experience implementing DFMA and PFMEA methodologies in a construction or
  
  

prefab/modular manufacturing context.

• 3-5 years of experience in a modular, prop-tech, or startup engineering environment —
  
  

where you successfully translated user behaviours and customer feedback into scalable

structural

solutions.

• Strong knowledge of modern building materials: composite panels, high-tensile steel,
  
  

specialised coatings, and structural systems for foldable or rapid-deploy applications.

• Familiarity with Lean Construction, Agile engineering methodologies, and advanced
  
  

procurement integration.

Behavioural DNA & Mindset

• First-Principles Thinker — you don't do things because that's how it's always been done.
  
  

You break problems down to their fundamental physics and rebuild from there.

• Product Mindset — you view a building as a high-performance machine, not just a static
  
  

structure. You design for the user, not just the code.

• High Agency — you see a bottleneck in the factory or on site and you own the solution,
  
  

regardless of your job title.

• Startup DNA — scrappy, intense, and comfortable building systems from scratch in
  
  

environments with limited legacy infrastructure.

• Scale Thinking — you have taken concepts from single prototypes to mass-produced,
  
  

geography-agnostic structural systems.

• Driven by Purpose — motivated by the vision of making high-quality, sustainable, rapidly
  
  

deployable housing accessible to all of humanity.