Architect

AIA Austin • Full-time • Austin, TX, US • 1w ago

⟵ Architect

Uplift Microhome

Austin, TX (On-site)

Full-time

About Uplift

Uplift builds forklift-deployable, off-grid, solar-powered microhomes, fully assembled in our Austin factory and shipped anywhere. Founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers, we apply advanced engineering and product thinking to transitional and disaster-relief housing. Our goal is to perfect one repeatable home and mass-manufacture it like a car, not design one-offs.

The Role

We’re hiring an architect who thinks like a product designer: someone who wants to obsess over a single, beautiful, livable home and refine it until it’s ready to build by the thousands. You’ll design within real manufacturing and shipping constraints (7’6″ width, forklift deployment, fully off-grid systems), and own the home from concept through construction documents. That means designing interiors and layouts that feel genuinely livable at a small footprint, producing stamped plans for permitting and city/state review, owning code compliance (IRC, IECC, local AHJs), building renders and 3D models to iterate quickly, coordinating with structural, mechanical, electrical, and software-integrated systems for off-grid functionality, and working hands-on with engineers, fabricators, and field teams to prototype, test, and refine. As one of our earliest design hires, you’ll shape the home that defines the company, a product we plan to build millions of.

What We’re Looking For

Professional degree in architecture. Strong sense for livable, well-designed space, especially at a small footprint. Fluency in CAD/BIM and rendering (Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, or similar). A hands-on collaborator comfortable in a fast-moving, cross-disciplinary environment.

Nice to Have

Licensure, or the ability to partner to stamp plans, ideally across multiple states. A network of architects you can pull in. Prefab, modular, DfMA, or off-grid/sustainable housing experience.

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Our company is really trying to make a difference. Learn more about Uplift Microhome in our First place in MIT 100K Launch Entrepreneurship Competition video.