Design Technology - Computation Lead

New York Design Technology Studio Technologist

Placed at the heart of Gensler's People + Process + Technology, the New York Design Technology Studio drives digital transformation of our creative and project delivery practices throughout the Northeast region. Our ultimate outcome is to co-create a design technology ecosystem that enables our practitioners to leverage the most advanced methodologies and technological solutions by reaching a new level of creativity and delivering the most impactful designs to our clients. If you are a disruptive technologist that's ready to change the world with big and impactful ideas, we want you to join our growing and innovative award-winning team!

What You Will Do

• Consult teams on design and delivery workflows utilizing multiple digital design technology and platforms on high performance projects
• Support a fast-growing data-driven design community of practitioners in the region
• Collaborate with the data team to develop, train and deploy ML algorithms leveraging a continuous flow of data from data-rich design authoring tools
• Leverage the outcomes of trained data models to explore trends and define insights in alignment with business and client needs
• Research opportunities and implement the integration of additional datasets such as geospatial data, proprietary data, and operational data
• Research emerging technologies in the AEC space and make recommendations on build vs. buy strategies
• Support R&D efforts for implementing data, ML and AI in the AEC practice
• Participate in the convergence of multiple aspects of our overall digital strategy with data and insights generation in alignment with business goals
• Educate staff to learn computational design software platforms, design process and design management focused energy, thermal and daylighting simulation
• Document case studies to demonstrate the value of computational approach to high performance buildings

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in architecture with proven equivalent professional experience in Applied Data, Data Engineering, or Data Analysis.
• 5+ years of experience in a design or construction environment
• Ability to work in a highly creative environment and collaborate on solutions to complex problems
• Proficiency with Revit API, and at least one of Python, C#, or JavaScript
• Proficiency with Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, Grasshopper with a focus on analysis workflows
• Experience with various machine learning, LLMs & generative AI technologies, performance evaluation and creating end-to-end ML pipelines
• Proficiency with Data Visualization Tools like PowerBI (DAX, Power Query, etc.) as well as tools for visualizing ML and GenAI
• Experience with using Git + source control in a team environment
• Experience with Azure, Microsoft Fabric and REST API are a plus
• Ability to make clear, compelling visual presentations to present technical analyses to non-technical audiences
• Experience in architectural practice with management experience in design and document production
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication and relationship management skills
• Have strong abilities to connect new technology with the needs of architectural design
• Must have architectural practice experience. Licensed architect preferred