Principal Systems Architect

Futur2K GmbH; Essen, Berlin; Hybrid; USD 68,508 - 91,344; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Flexible remote setup

Job summary

Futur2K GmbH is seeking a Modular Systems Architect to shape the constructive-digital interface of ADPT. This innovative position leads to resource-efficient environments through the translation of building components into structured models and developing system logic.

You will work with a leading research group and engineering partners like Arup to transform construction processes. Flexible remote work options are provided along with a clear path toward long-term ownership of key system elements.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of modular, industrialised and system‑based construction.
• Ability to translate physical systems into abstract and logical structures.
• Experience with discrete components, type systems and parametric models.

Responsibilities

• Translate building components into machine‑readable models.
• Model relationships, dependencies and combinability of components.
• Establish the foundation for valid building configurations.

Skills

Modular construction understanding

Translation of physical systems

Structured modeling of design systems

Concept formulation

Job description

Modular Systems Architect / Computational Design – ADPT (m/w/d, 80–100 %)

Looking for a system problem?

We build a system that generates them.

With ADPT, we develop a modular system that connects architecture, systems design and software. Buildings are not treated as isolated projects, but as configurable expressions of a shared system. This is how we make construction more scalable, circular and economically viable.

Your Mission

As a Modular Systems Architect, you shape the constructive‑digital interface of ADPT — where physical building components, digital models and system logic come together. You ensure that resource‑efficient and scalable living and working environments emerge from digital models.

Your contribution:

• You translate building components into structured, machine‑readable models
• You model relationships, dependencies and combinability of components
• You translate system rules into consistent model and data structures
• You establish the foundation for valid and evaluable building configurations

You work directly at the intersection of:

Architecture & System Design, together with the Principal Systems Architect and the Architecture Design Lead.

Research & Software Development, in close collaboration with a leading research group in digital construction (Chair of Computing in Civil Engineering, Prof. Dr. Markus König, Ruhr University Bochum).

Engineering Practice, in close collaboration with Arup, as part of a development partnership focused on circular and high‑quality buildings.

What you bring

• Deep understanding of modular, industrialised and system‑based construction
• Ability to translate physical systems into abstract and logical structures
• Experience with discrete components, type systems and parametric models
• Experience in the structured modelling of building or design systems
• Ability to formulate concepts precisely and in a way that connects architecture and systems thinking
• Strong interest in shaping future‑proof ways of designing and building
• This role is designed for system thinkers rather than traditional design architects or BIM modelers

What makes this role unique

• You do not work on individual buildings, but on the logic from which they emerge
• Your work changes how buildings are planned, built and optimised
• You join at an early stage and help shape how the ADPT building system is structured, modelled and evolved from the beginning
• You collaborate with leading partners from engineering practice and research (including Arup, RUB, TU Munich, TU Dortmund, HS Bochum)
• ADPT buildings are not only designed and simulated, but actually built
• Your work contributes directly to transforming the construction industry ─ with immediate real‑world impact through funded pilot projects (e.g. the ADPT pilot project „ZukunftsQuartier Kunstwerkerschule “)
• Clear path toward long‑term ownership of a core element of the ADPT system

Framework

Duration: minimum 16 months, with long‑term responsibility for the right fit

Location: Essen or Berlin and remote

Remote setup: flexible, depending on project phase and requirements

Compensation: salary, equity option

Start date: by agreement