Structural Engineer - Building Systems / DFMA

Reframe Systems•Andover, MA

About The Position

Reframe Systems is on a mission to build resilient, energy‑efficient housing at scale by re‑imagining how homes are designed and built. Our volumetric modular platform and highly automated microfactories will drive down cost, time to delivery, and embodied carbon for single‑ and multifamily housing. We’re looking for a Structural Engineer to own the structural design of our building platform. This role sits at the intersection of building codes, DFMA, digital modeling, software‑driven structural analysis, and factory reality. You’ll define how our modules take load, move through the factory, get lifted onto foundations, and stand up to decades of use. You’ll work with architecture, modeling, systems engineering, factory engineering, and external stamping engineers to turn structural engineering from a one‑off project service into a repeatable, scalable product capability.

Requirements

7+ years of structural engineering experience on building projects, ideally including multifamily or high‑repeatability housing types.
Demonstrated track record of coordinating with architects, MEP engineers, fabricators, and field teams.
Strong grasp of structural behavior in wood/light‑gauge and mixed‑material systems (gravity, lateral, connections, deflection, movement, and creep).
Solid understanding of current building codes and standards, including IBC, ASCE 7, and relevant material-specific codes.
Familiarity with Massachusetts and/or California building codes, and comfort working with third‑party modular inspection agencies and local AHJs.
Proficiency with structural analysis and documentation tools; comfortable working from and back into Revit, and able to collaborate effectively with parametric CAD environments (Onshape, SolidWorks, Tekla, etc.).
Clear communicator who can explain structural trade‑offs to architects, modelers, factory leaders, and executives.
Comfortable engaging directly with trades and factory operators to understand what actually happens on the floor and in the field.
Inclined to test ideas quickly on real problems, including prototypes, then codify what works.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and helping define processes, not just following them.

Nice To Haves

Experience with modular, offsite, panelized, or other prefabricated systems is a strong plus.
Experience with or strong interest in API‑driven structural tools (for example SkyCiv, Dlubal RFEM 6, or similar), or a track record of using scripting/automation around more traditional tools (e.g., RISA, ETABS, SAP) to run repeatable studies and optimizations.

Responsibilities

Own the structural system for our platform
Define standard structural assemblies for walls, floors, roofs, stairs, and connections that balance strength, stiffness, cost, and manufacturability.
Set design rules, load paths, typical details, and tolerances that can be reused across products and projects.
Partner with architects and modelers to translate architectural intent into structurally rational, factory‑buildable systems.
Work with our Onshape Modeling / FeatureScript teams so structural rules are encoded in models, automation, and shop documentation (not just in isolated details).
Develop internal structural schemes and calculations for priority projects before they go to the Engineer of Record.
Prepare clear, well‑structured packages for external structural engineers and third‑party inspectors, and drive efficient review cycles.
Diagnose structural root causes behind issues like cracking, misfits, or tolerance clashes in factory and field.
Turn lessons learned from the floor and jobsite into updated details, standards, and rules that prevent recurrence.
Coordinate with EORs and other consultants to align on performance criteria, details, and assumptions.
Push for designs that are safe and code‑compliant without unnecessary over‑design, and quantify trade‑offs in cost and manufacturability.
Co‑lead investigations into new structural concepts and their implications for cost, throughput, carbon, and field performance.
Work with systems and MEP engineering to rationalize penetrations, chases, and integrated assemblies.
Work with modeling and software teams to design simple, repeatable optimization studies for key framing systems (for example: minimizing steel tonnage subject to drift limits, or comparing lateral systems across cost and constructability).
Help define how structural models, analysis tools, and modeling pipeline should interact so these studies can eventually be run automatically for both platforms and projects.