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.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.

Required Skills:

Structural Engineering PEB LGSF Modular Systems Foldable Systems BIM STAAD Pro ETABS Revit DFMA PFMEA Lean Construction IS 800 IS 456 IS 875 IS 1893 Composite Panels High-Tensile Steel Specialized Coatings First-Principles Thinking Product Mindset Customer-Centric Design Value Engineering Design-to-Cost Structural BOMs BOQs Estimation Procurement Integration Agile Engineering ISO 19650 Fabrication Tolerances Connection Design Structural System Behaviour Quality Systems Digital Thread BIM-to-Factory Factory-First Strategy Rapid-Deploy Structures Modular Construction Material Science Industrialized Building Technology Leadership Mentorship Innovation