Façade Lighting Designer – Lighting & DMX

JAZAL ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING LLC; Al Ain; On-site; AED 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JAZAL ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING LLC is seeking an experienced Lighting Design Engineer to develop architectural facade lighting concepts, select fixtures, and design DMX-based control systems. You will prepare layouts, schedules, and control diagrams, coordinating with electrical and MEP drawings.

Responsibilities include DMX addressing, programming support, commissioning, and site inspections to ensure the system achieves the intended visual effect and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering/Technology – Electrical.
• 5–10 years of experience in architectural lighting or related field.
• Strong understanding of Traxon and similar architectural lighting systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectural facade lighting concepts and lighting schemes.
• Design fixture locations, mounting positions, zones and control areas.
• Select fixtures based on beam angle, lumen output, CCT, RGB/RGBW, IP rating and environment.
• Develop dynamic lighting effects and DMX-controlled scenes.
• Design lighting-control architecture using DMX, Art-Net, sACN, DALI.
• Prepare lighting layouts, fixture schedules, control diagrams and specs.
• Coordinate lighting designs with electrical and MEP drawings.
• Support DMX addressing, programming, commissioning, calibration and troubleshooting.

Skills

DMX512

Architectural lighting design

Lighting control systems

Art-Net/sACN/DALI

Fixture selection

Traxon integrations

Education

Bachelor of Engineering/Technology - Electrical

Tools

Traxon systems

Job description

Position Overview

Responsible for developing architectural facade lighting concepts, technical designs, fixture selection, control systems and DMX-based dynamic lighting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop architectural facade lighting concepts and lighting schemes.
• Design fixture locations, mounting positions, lighting zones, and control areas.
• Select appropriate fixtures based on beam angle, lumen output, CCT, RGB, RGBW, IP rating, optics and environmental conditions.
• Develop dynamic lighting effects and DMX-controlled scenes.
• Design lighting-control architecture using DMX, Art-Net, sACN, DALI and related protocols.
• Prepare lighting layouts, fixture schedules, control diagrams and technical specifications.
• Work with Traxon and other major architectural lighting manufacturers to select compatible fixtures and control solutions.
• Understand manufacturer-specific systems, controllers, decoders, gateways and programming requirements.
• Coordinate lighting designs with electrical, architectural and MEP drawings.
• Support DMX addressing, programming, commissioning, calibration and troubleshooting.
• Conduct site inspections and adapt designs to actual site conditions.
• Support engineers and programmers during installation and commissioning.
• Ensure the installed system achieves the intended strong visual effect, technical performance and control functionality.

Required Knowledge

• Strong understanding of Traxon and other architectural lighting systems, DMX512, Art-Net, sACN, DALI, RGB, RGBW technology, lighting control, fixture specifications and architectural lighting design.
• Bachelor of Engineering/Technology - Electrical.
• Minimum 5 to 10 years experience in the relevant field.