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The American Housing Corporation

Director, Mechanical Engineering

Austin, Texas, United States

Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Director
Function
Engineering
Pay
$180K – $250K a year (read from the ad)
Posted
7 months ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $250K a year, is 4% below the median of $260K for director engineering jobs in Austin (middle half $250K – $293K, 14 jobs that state pay).

1,216 engineering jobs open in Austin: 7% remote, 268 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

The American Housing Corporation is on a mission to solve the America’s housing crisis through all-out production. We believe that America’s affordability crisis is fundamentally a production crisis, and that solving it requires a vertically integrated development approach: We buy land, and manufacture, install, and sell our homes directly to customers. This is the only way to build at the scale necessary to solve this crisis.

The American Dream is built, not inherited. We're hiring the best engineers, designers, and builders to solve the hardest problem in America.

As Director of Mechanical Engineering, you will play a key role in the design and manufacturing of our build system — a proprietary kit-of-parts for building high-quality multifamily housing.

What You'll Do

  • Lead design of both structural and non-structural build system components
  • Build and lead engineering team in charge of build component design
  • Full ownership of CAD model of components
  • Obtain and maintain all necessary certifications and approvals for build system components
  • Create engineering drawings and work instructions for build system component manufacturing and assembly
  • Design and implement production equipment, processes, and tooling
  • Track KPIs to understand how our engineering and manufacturing decisions impact the quality and $/sq ft of our buildings

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in hardware development
  • Strong technical background in mechanical design, structural analysis, DFMA, and production
  • Experience with CAD and FEA software packages
  • 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
  • Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and leadership skills
  • Bachelor of Science or higher degree in a technical discipline preferred, not required

Compensation

The overall cash compensation for this position ranges from $180,000 to $250,000. All of our positions also offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.

Source

Posted by The American Housing Corporation on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 11:54 UTC; the original is the reference.

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