Structural Engineer, Product Development & Innovation

Haven Building Technologies; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical and dental insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Haven in Secaucus, NJ is hiring a Structural Engineer focused on product development. You'll design and validate new structural systems, prototype components on the manufacturing floor, and push designs into production with cross‑functional teams.

This role emphasizes building reusable, scalable wall assemblies and automated workflows, using AI tools to accelerate calculations while maintaining rigorous engineering oversight. On-site collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 3–6 years of structural engineering experience.
• Experience with structural analysis tools such as RISA, ETABS, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of cold-formed steel design and building codes.
• Hands-on experience with structural testing, prototyping, or validation.
• Comfortable using AI tools as part of engineering workflows.
• Strong technical judgment, curiosity, and bias toward action.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize cold-formed steel wall systems, connections, framing assemblies, and new building components.
• Simulate, build, and test: validate designs through prototyping and physical testing.
• Engineer for manufacturing: reduce material usage, simplify connections, and improve installation.
• Build reusable engineering systems: create validated wall assemblies and regional standards.
• Own path to production: take concepts from design through analysis, testing, and documentation.
• Make engineering AI-native: use AI, scripting, and automation while maintaining oversight.
• Collaborate across disciplines: work with product designers, operators, project teams and external engineers.

Skills

Structural engineering

Hands-on prototyping

Technical judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Tools

RISA

ETABS

Revit

Job description

Haven | Secaucus, NJ | Full-Time, Primarily On-Site

Help us rebuild the industrial backbone of American housing.

At Haven, we're transforming how homes are built. We combine advanced manufacturing, cold-formed steel, and software to turn construction from a fragmented, project-by-project process into a repeatable, scalable manufacturing system.

We're looking for aStructural Engineer who wants to build products, not just review drawings.

This isn't a traditional desk engineering role. You'll work directly with our product and manufacturing teams to design, prototype, physically test, and bring new structural systems into production.

Our philosophy is simple:Engineer it once. Validate it once. Manufacture it thousands of times.

Rather than re-engineering every home from scratch, we're building a library of validated structural systems that can be deployed repeatedly, across projects and regions.

You’ll play a central role in making that possible.

What You’ll Do

Structural Engineer — Product Development

Haven | Secaucus, NJ | Full-Time, Primarily On-Site

Help us rebuild the industrial backbone of American housing.

At Haven, we're transforming how homes are built. We combine advanced manufacturing, cold-formed steel, and software to turn construction from a fragmented, project-by-project process into a repeatable, scalable manufacturing system.

We're looking for aStructural Engineer who wants to build products, not just review drawings.

This isn't a traditional desk engineering role. You'll work directly with our product and manufacturing teams to design, prototype, physically test, and bring new structural systems into production.

Our philosophy is simple:Engineer it once. Validate it once. Manufacture it thousands of times.

Rather than re-engineering every home from scratch, we're building a library of validated structural systems that can be deployed repeatedly, across projects and regions.

You’ll play a central role in making that possible.

What You’ll Do

• Design structural products.Develop and optimize cold-formed steel wall systems, connections, framing assemblies, and new building components.
• Simulate, build, and test.Combine structural analysis with hands-on prototyping and physical testing to validate designs.
• Engineer for manufacturing.Reduce material usage, simplify connections, optimize installation, and improve structural performance without compromising safety.
• Build reusable engineering systems.Create validated wall assemblies, structural details, and regional design standards that scale across thousands of homes.
• Own the path to production.Take concepts from initial design through analysis, testing, documentation, external engineering approval, and implementation.
• Make engineering AI-native.Use AI, scripting, and automation to accelerate calculations, drawing reviews, documentation, and repetitive workflows, while maintaining rigorous engineering oversight.
• Collaborate across disciplines.Work directly with product designers, manufacturing operators, project teams, and external Engineers of Record.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• 3–6 years of structural engineering experience.
• Experience with structural analysis tools such as RISA, ETABS, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of cold-formed steel design, structural load paths, and building codes.
• Hands-on experience with structural testing, prototyping, or experimental validation.
• Comfortable using AI tools as part of your everyday engineering workflow.
• Strong technical judgment, curiosity, and a bias toward action.

Bonus Points

• PE license or path to licensure.
• Experience with modular, panelized, or prefabricated construction.
• Familiarity with Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, SolidWorks, or Fusion 360.
• Python scripting, computational design, or engineering automation experience.
• Experience bringing engineered products from concept into manufacturing.

Who Thrives Here

You’re an engineer who wants to see your designs become real products.

You enjoy being on the manufacturing floor as much as working through a structural model. You question established methods, experiment intelligently, and constantly look for ways to make systems simpler, stronger, and more efficient.

You don’t want to spend your career solving the same engineering problem on every new project.

You want to solve it once, build the system, and scale the solution.

Why Haven

We’re building more than a construction products company. We’re building the technology and manufacturing infrastructure for a new era of American homebuilding.

You’ll join a small, ambitious team where engineering decisions directly influence products being manufactured, shipped, and installed in real homes.

This is an opportunity to have meaningful ownership over a fundamentally new approach to how housing gets built.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary:$90,000–$120,000 annually, based on experience
• Equity:Stock options
• Healthcare:Medical and dental insurance
• Time Off:15 days of combined PTO and sick leave, plus 7 paid holidays
• Location:Secaucus, New Jersey — primarily in-person
• Reports to:Head of Product Development

Interested in engineering the future of homebuilding? We'd love to hear from you.