DFMA Engineer

ABOUT US Reframe Systems is a Physical AI and robotics company on a mission to make high-performance housing attainable and abundant in the communities where people want to live. Through our vertically integrated delivery model and highly automated microfactories, we deliver climate resilient homes and buildings with greater speed and predictability than traditional construction. Our volumetric modular buildings are produced in our Andover, MA microfactory, with a growing pipeline across North America and a new microfactory on the way. We are building a system that balances repeatability with site-responsive design, enabling homes that are adaptable to each site, community, and customer need. Our cross-disciplinary team brings together architecture, robotics, design engineering, software, factory operations, and field delivery to change how housing gets delivered. We’re reimagining the future of housing through a smarter and more sustainable system that empowers people to live better. Come build it with us. THE ROLE Every Reframe project travels from architectural intent, through a detailed 3D model, to work instructions on the factory floor, to modules set on a foundation. The DFMA Project Engineer is the person who makes sure what we design is what our factory can build, and that the people building it have everything they need. You will be embedded with our Design Engineering team and own buildability for your projects from early design through module release and field set. You bring real construction knowledge into the room when design decisions are being made, map the build information into our models alongside our modelers, and stand behind every module released to the floor. This is a hybrid role: part builder, part engineer, part translator. You will spend time at a desk in the model, in design reviews with architects, and on the factory floor and project sites with your tools. WHAT YOU'LL DO DURING DESIGN (SD/DD) - Evaluate horizontal and vertical assemblies for compliance with our automation systems, cost, and shape the factory vs. field split for each project - Participate in recurring per-project DFMA reviews and weekly engineering calls, flagging design decisions that degrade manufacturability before they become expensive - Represent buildability at the table with architects and consultants, drawing on established building system standards DURING MODELING AND MODULE RELEASE - Work with Design Engineering to ensure the model reflects build reality: design intent, structural drawings, and the way the floor actually works - Map build and process information into the model: assigning parts to the right kits, panels, and processes, and defining what each process requires for operators to execute - Review production plans, assembly views, and release readiness for every module before it hits the floor - Create handoff documentation for every new material, process, or strategy, and develop shop drawings for new processes ON THE FLOOR AND IN THE FIELD - Diagnose and resolve floor issues raised in end-of-shift debriefs: tolerance stackups, integration speed, framing quality, alignment - Build project-specific mockups and first articles before design lock - Brief factory and field leads on what changed from the last project and the unique details to watch for - Author set instructions and provide hands-on support during set and button-up - Translate manufacturer instructions into floor-ready processes for specified products - Convert factory and site pain into feedback that improves our projects and standards WHO YOU ARE - A hands-on building background: carpentry, framing, residential or commercial construction, with exposure to MEP trades a strong plus - Able to fluently re