Building Physics Engineer (all genders)

About The Company

GROPYUS is a technology-based construction company focused on building multi-story residential buildings. Thanks to its prefabricated building system with a wide range of design options, automated offsite construction, and fully digitalized processes, the company is able to create resilient timber housing quickly and cost-effectively. GROPYUS is using scalable construction and manufacturing solutions to tap into a future market, strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity, and play a substantial role in improving sustainability. The company delivers its multi-family houses as a complete and turnkey solution. The combination of technology, construction, robotics, and manufacturing expertise means buildings can be created in a fully digitalized end-to-end process. The building system is based on versatile wall and slab elements, making it easier to optimize land use, customize plans, and build fast with both off-site construction and on-site assembly. This system is complemented by the Building Operating System-developed in-house.

About the role 

As a Building Physics Engineer, you will play a key role in the development, assessment, and optimization of our building system from a building physics perspective. You will ensure that building physics requirements are considered at an early stage and implemented in a technically sound, cost-effective, and compliant manner.

Working closely with Design Engineering, Planning, Production, and other specialist departments, you will actively contribute to the further development of system solutions, standards, and technical details.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize the building system with a focus on thermal building physics
• Perform and evaluate thermal, moisture, and hygrothermal calculations, verifications, and simulations
• Develop and assess building physics construction details and building component assemblies
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements
• Provide technical guidance to Planning, Design Engineering, and Production on building physics matters
• Further develop standards, system solutions, and building physics concepts to improve energy efficiency

About you

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Building Physics, Civil Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
• Proven professional experience in the field of thermal building physics
• Strong expertise in thermal insulation, moisture protection, and energy-efficient building design
• Solid knowledge of relevant standards, guidelines, and building physics calculation and simulation methods
• Proficiency with Hottgenroth, Psi-Therm, and WUFI
• Strong communication skills and enjoyment of interdisciplinary collaboration with Planning, Design Engineering, and Production teams
• Fluent German language skills, both written and spoken

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in the development of building systems
• Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken

What we offer

• An unlimited, All-incontract  with 25 vacation days. 
• Flexible work:  We value regular in-person collaboration in the office, while also offering working from home and the opportunity to work up to 40 days a year from abroad.
• Attractive perks and benefits: We offer a company pension scheme, language courses (English/German), and employee discounts with selected sustainable brands. Furthermore, our external partners in mental health support you in strengthening your mental health through anonymous private/group sessions.  
• Virtual Shares Program: Participate in the success of GROPYUS through our Virtual Share Program. 
• Ownership: You can truly make your mark with your work and contributions - on  all our organizational levels. Find your solutions, drive and test them. 
• The chance to be part of something big: Our mission is to rethink an entire industry. Join us in reinventing construction and fostering sustainable, affordable living.  
• A diverse and enriching work environment:  Become a valued member of a wonderfully diverse team of individuals from over 50 countries. At GROPYUS we value inclusion above all, ensuring that everyone feels they belong - no matter their background. In this way, our differences become strengths that help us grow as a team.  

Austrian salary range, based on 14 months

€4.000—€4.200 EUR

Join us on our mission to design buildings as continuously evolving products to create the most exciting and affordable experience for all. We build for people and conserve the resources of our planet. We can't wait to get to know you.  For more information, visit our  website.