Design Technician

Kingdom Development Group Incorporated; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingdom Development Group Incorporated is seeking a Design Automation Leader to drive tool adoption and standardization across the AEC practice. You will build firm-wide expertise, lead education programs, and pursue emerging technologies in computational and parametric design and ML for AEC.

The role requires strong business acumen, analytical skills, and the ability to lead a team, with experience in Grasshopper, Dynamo and Autodesk Forge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interactive Media Design, CS, Software/Hardware Engineering or related field required.
• Experience with Grasshopper, Dynamo and Autodesk Forge platforms required.
• Experience Python and C# preferred.
• Strong understanding of the AEC industry.
• Business acumen and ability to execute strategy.
• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to develop and lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Understand the range of design automation tools and have some expertise across them.
• Lead standardization of design automation tools and define QA, process docs, and KPIs.
• Build technical expertise firm-wide and lead ongoing education in these tools.
• Identify new technologies related to design automation, computational and parametric design and ML for AEC.
• Collaborate with management to prioritize new business models.
• Drive R&D into emerging technologies as they filter into the AEC industry.
• Act as an internal and external thought leader on related topics.
• Identify and define new process improvement opportunities.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Grasshopper

Dynamo

Autodesk Forge

Python

C#

Strong communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture/CS/Engineering

Tools

Grasshopper

Dynamo

Autodesk Forge

Job description

• Understand the range of design automation tools that exist across the AEC industry and have some level of expertise in these tools. These include computational and generative design tools but also various workflow automation tools.
• Determine the best way to bring design automation tools to practice as well as leading the firm to standardize on a range of tools. Ensure quality assurance, process documentation, and define key performance indicators.
• Build technical expertise across the firm in these tools and be responsible for continuing education around the same.
• Determine new technologies as they pertain to design automation, computational and parametric design & machine learning for the AEC environment and build firm technical expertise around this approach.
• Work with management to prioritize new business models.
• Drive research and development into emerging technologies as they filter across the AEC industry
• Be an internal and external thought leader on related topics.
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
• Other duties as required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Interactive Media Design, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, or related fields required
• Related experience required which includes:
• Experience with Grasshopper, Dynamo, Autodesk Forge platforms required.
• Experience Python, C# preferred.
• Strong understanding of the AEC industry.
• Business acumen and ability to execute strategy.
• Exceptional analytical skills, and the ability to collect, organize and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to develop and lead a team.