Expert Structural Engineer - Product Evolution (all genders)

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

GROPYUS creates sustainable, affordable, and aspirational buildings for everyone through modular construction and setting a new standard in smart living.

We are looking for you – An experienced Structural Engineer who has focused on the design of timber buildings in international markets but with a focus on the German (or German speaking) market who wishes to join our Product Evolution team. The Product Evolution team is a multi-disciplinary design-focused unit tasked with developing the next generation of Sustainable Prefabricated Buildings designed for Rapid Automated Manufacture and Assembly.
You will be working alongside other highly experienced Architects, MEP Engineers and timber design specialists. You will be capable and happy to work independently and as part of a close-knit team developing new product designs working alongside the Product Development teams, Research and Development Teams and the Digital Factory design teams. You will be a guiding light for driving forward new conceptual designs for entire buildings and components of building systems. The designs you produce are intended to be (when necessary) unique and novel and as such you will be advising the members of our Prototype Manufacturing Center who will build and test your visions.
We are looking for a German speaking colleague with a wide ranging and deep understanding of German technical regulations relating to timber structural design (specifically Mid-rise mixed -use building typologies) to help us develop our current multi-family housing product lines conscious that in the future we intend to pivot to other building typologies and other marketplaces beyond Germany and the DACH region. As such the range of building typologies you are asked to work upon will be increasingly diverse to match the ambition of the company as its fields of influence grow and expand.
We are involved in advising potential Development partners through our in-house Sales and Development team as to how to apply our Building System solution consulting with developers and clients. You will be called upon to bring your structural engineering know-how to bare and advise these teams accordingly. You will be made aware of the market requirements and trends that demand extension of our Building Systems capabilities/range and proactively brings these idea to fruition/reality through you work within the Evolution team.

In this role, you will:

• be involved in the design of Timber Residential and Multi-Use Buildings
• design appropriate and novel solutions for Buildings and Building Components and oversee their prototyping and testing.
• work alongside a diverse range of construction professionals, industrial designers, product designers, software developers, procurement and costing specialists and a host of other specialisms.
• use your skills of interdisciplinary cooperation to interface widely within the company and with external parties from the construction industry and project development world.
• be focused on the evolution of new product lines but amenable to outward facing roles such as presenting the companies work and vision to external parties and institutions.