Higharc

Engineering Manager, Building Generation

Remote (United States) · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 69 days ago

API DevelopmentRESTPRDsCAM

About the role

Join a founding team who've shipped products for Autodesk, Electronic Arts, Nike, and Apple.
The role reports to the Director of Engineering and is remote within the US or Canada.
You think in BReps, boolean ops, and dependency graphs.

You'll lead planning and delivery across the model, the geometry pipeline, and the APIs we're building around it so the rest of Higharc (and eventually external partners) can build on top.
You'll coordinate closely with the other BDG EM (based in Europe) and Engineering Director to keep the platform coherent across both teams, grow the engineers you lead, and attract strong computational geometry and CAD talent across North America.
Lead planning and delivery across the generative model, geometry pipeline, and BDG APIs
Partner with PMs early to scope PRDs, surface constraints, and assess feasibility before engineer owners take over delivery
Shape a clean contract between the building model and Higharc Studio's interaction and rendering systems as its API surface matures
Develop and mentor engineers, and attract strong computational geometry and CAD talent across North America
You operate well in a distributed, async-first environment, and you partner with PMs naturally - translating product intent into technical scope, flagging feasibility risks early, and engaging engineers at the right moment.

You've built parametric systems where the model is the source of truth for downstream geometry, drawings, or fabrication outputs, and you know what it takes to keep them robust at scale.

Exposure to AEC or homebuilding software
5+ years in software engineering with significant time in CAD/CAM or computational geometry, and 2+ years managing technically deep engineering teams
Deep background in computational geometry (boolean operations, mesh processing, BReps, constraint solving, or related areas)
Strong expertise in parametric and generative modeling of 2D and 3D geometries - feature-based modeling, history graphs, dependency propagation, and keeping parametric systems robust at scale
Experience with platform development and API design for multiple internal (and ideally external) consumers, with attention to versioning, performance, and developer experience
Familiarity with geometry kernels - commercial, open-source, or custom-built - and comfort with the trade-offs
Fluency in AI-supported software development practices and active use of them in your engineering workflow
A delivery track record in a fast-paced, distributed environment

Higharc is a VC-backed startup that is changing how new homes are designed and built. Join a founding team who've shipped products for Autodesk, Electronic Arts, Nike, and Apple. We have raised a total of $83M with support from top-notch venture capital firms and more than 18 strategic investors-industry leaders in construction, building products manufacturing, and distribution.
Higharc is hiring an Engineering Manager with a strong computational geometry and CAD background to lead one of our two Building Generation (BDG) teams - the engineers who own the generative model of the home and the platform we're building around it. The role reports to the Director of Engineering and is remote within the US or Canada.
Higharc is a VC-backed startup that is changing how new homes are designed and built.
We have raised a total of $83M with support from top-notch venture capital firms and more than 18 strategic investors-industry leaders in construction, building products manufacturing, and distribution.
Higharc is hiring an Engineering Manager with a strong computational geometry and CAD background to lead one of our two Building Generation (BDG) teams - the engineers who own the generative model of the home and the platform we're building around it.
The BDG platform is the generative model at the core of Higharc - a parametric system that takes architectural intent and produces fully-resolved 2D and 3D buildable geometry, feeding design, documentation, estimation, and manufacturing.

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