Hybrid Lead: Physical Security Design & Contract Documents

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Lovely office space

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Physical Security Design Lead to own the contract document basis of design and reusable templates for global office facilities. The role leads technical authoring across access control, intrusion, video, and network systems, coordinating with GSIS, Real Estate, and security teams.

You will drive design standardization, review consultant deliverables, and advance automation and AI-powered documentation across lifecycle phases from site assessment to post-occupancy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 6+ years of design engineering experience with contract document development for physical security and/or low-voltage systems.
• Strong technical expertise in access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, intercommunications, radio, and network systems; can author specifications, drawings, and equipment schedules from scratch.
• Understanding of A/E deliverables and CSI-format specs, equipment schedules, and construction administration submittal processes.
• Ability to develop and implement internal tools (web apps, BIM add-ins, scripting, automation).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance the contract document basis of design (BOD) and reusable design templates for security systems.
• Author and evolve design templates for access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, intercommunications, radio, and network systems.
• Review design consultant deliverables for accuracy and alignment with the BOD; coordinate across architectural, electrical, network, AV, and Real Estate / Workplace disciplines.
• Support bid, construction, and handover phases through clarifications, RFIs, submittal reviews, and as-built alignment with contract documents.
• Collaborate with GSIS, Real Estate / Workplace, Network Team, design consultants, and security integrators to translate needs into BOD revisions.
• Maintain the GSIS design library under version control and provide status updates and improvement recommendations.
• Implement automations, AI-assisted workflows, BIM add-ins, and data-processing tools to streamline design tasks and standardize processes.

Skills

Design engineering

Contract documents

Security systems

Technical authoring

Automation tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

PlanGrid

Bluebeam

MS Project

Procore

Asana

Smartsheet

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Physical Security Design Lead to own the contract document basis of design and reusable templates for global office facilities. The role leads technical authoring across access control, intrusion, video, and network systems, coordinating with GSIS, Real Estate, and security teams.

You will drive design standardization, review consultant deliverables, and advance automation and AI-powered documentation across lifecycle phases from site assessment to post-occupancy