Lighting Designer — NYC Studio, Daylighting & BIM

Buro Happold; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Annual discretionary bonus

PTO 4 weeks + holidays

Job summary

Buro Happold is actively seeking a Lighting Designer to join our New York team. You will contribute to creative and technical artificial lighting and daylighting design across diverse projects, collaborating with architects, engineers, contractors, and clients.

Responsibilities include developing lighting concepts through to construction documentation, producing design packages, performing photometric analyses, and coordinating with BIM workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Lighting Design, Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Design, Engineering, or related field.
• 1+ years of professional experience in architectural lighting or daylighting design.
• Working knowledge of lighting design principles, daylighting, luminaires, controls, codes, and specifications.
• Ability to develop and present design ideas through sketches, diagrams, drawings, and renderings.

Responsibilities

• Develop lighting and daylighting design concepts through to construction documentation.
• Produce the design package: concept design documents, design narratives, lighting criteria matrices, Revit drawings, details, and luminaire specifications.
• Run photometric calculations, daylight analysis, light spill and shadowing studies, and sun/daylight massing studies, and interpret results against project criteria, energy codes, and IES practice.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Lighting Design/ related field

Tools

Revit

AGi32

Dialux/Relux

Iray/LightStanza

Photoshop

3ds Max

Rhino

Enscape

Lumion

Job description

Buro Happold is actively seeking a Lighting Designer to join our New York team. You will contribute to creative and technical artificial lighting and daylighting design across diverse projects, collaborating with architects, engineers, contractors, and clients.

Responsibilities include developing lighting concepts through to construction documentation, producing design packages, performing photometric analyses, and coordinating with BIM workflows.