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Head of Design Engineering
Mdb Capital 🇦🇷 Ezpeleta, Avenida San Martín, 1882 Partido de Quilmes, Argentina
You will lead the end-to-end design pipeline, transforming conceptual designs into permit-ready packages while building an AI-augmented design system. You will also manage and mentor the Managua-based design team to ensure high-quality, scalable production that aligns with the company's craftsmanship standards.
Responsibilities
- Own the full flow from client brief to permit-ready package across all three Camphomes form factors
- Conceptual design: translate placemaker, developer, and end-client briefs into Camphomes schemes
- Detailed design: develop schemes into the full design documentation package
- Shop drawings: produce the fabrication-ready drawings that drive the factory floor
- Permit sets: produce jurisdiction-compliant documentation for projects
- Structural coordination: manage the interface with external structural engineers
- Build the Camphomes design system as software, not just as documents
- Identify every point in the pipeline where an AI agent can replace or accelerate manual work
- Set ambitious but honest automation targets
- Maintain rigorous quality control over the automated outputs
Requirements
- 10-20 years of experience in architectural practice or architectural technology
- Proven track record of productizing a design process
- Hands-on experience with AI tools beyond consumer chat: API-level work with Claude, GPT, or similar
- Experience working on semi-custom-within-a-system housing products
- Deep fluency in Revit and Rhino/Grasshopper
- Comfort with Dynamo
- Ability to read and ideally write Python
- Working knowledge of structural design principles sufficient to have credible conversations with engineers
Benefits
- Competitive senior-leadership base salary
- Meaningful equity participation in Camphomes
- Performance bonus tied to pipeline throughput, automation milestones, and quality metrics
- Relocation, housing, and immigration support for expatriate candidates
- Tooling budget to build the AI-augmented design stack properly
Key Skills
About Mdb Capital
MDB Capital is the first public venture platform dedicated to creating value by transforming deep technology “Big Ideas” into valuable public companies by positioning them as new technology leaders. MDB operates as a growth catalyst, focusing on investor community-driven micro and small-cap financings that enable deep tech companies to scale through the initial financing stages and transition into public markets through IPOs. MDB also provides financing to post-IPO companies that continue to meet its overall business criteria for investment. For our growing community of investors, MDB makes public venture investing easy and impactful by screening thousands of investment opportunities annually then curating only those we believe are capable of becoming a new technology leader. Our proven and open diligence process enables our investors to understand the commercial potential of each opportunity before investment. In addition, MDB has created the first brokerage and investment platform
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