Senior Designer/Architect — Sustainable, Collaborative

som

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

SOM, a leading architectural practice, seeks an Architect with 4+ years of professional experience for its California offices. The role requires proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and Adobe Suite, plus strong communication and leadership skills.

Compensation ranges from $80,000 to $95,000, with a commitment to sustainable, interdisciplinary design and collaboration across teams. The successful candidate will contribute to project leadership, develop visual diagrams and drawings, and

Qualifications

Completion of a professional degree in Architecture or a related field.
Minimum 4 years of professional experience or equivalent.
Professional licensure process is close to completion; LEED accreditation preferred.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrates proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software, and Adobe Suite.
Proficiency in Google Workspace.

Responsibilities

Actively leads distinct portions of a project with periodic supervision by Project Leadership. Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at an overall project level.
Produces, coordinates and/or oversees presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.
Effectively communicates internally with project teams and externally with consultants and clients through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability. Integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of distinct portions of projects.
Actively collaborates at a project, consultant team, and client team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas. Contributes to and actively participates within the studio and office.
Demonstrates an intermediate understanding of building materials, systems, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques. Is able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies. Identifies and effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.
Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from Project Leadership.