About the Role
Our design team is seeking thoughtful and innovative minds, skilled in visual communication, imaginative storytelling, and creative problem-solving to join our team as we leverage the power of design. You will be responsible for developing and implementing our Design Automation expertise for the firm. You will work with other key leaders to ensure strategies are in alignment with firm goals and expectations. You will collaborate with internal and external clients to understand their needs and develop and implement a strategy to ensure that KDGi is leading the industry in bringing our clients the best-in-class parametric, computational, automation focused design tools.
Requirements
Understand the range of design automation tools that exist across the AEC industry and have some level of expertise in these tools. These include computational and generative design tools but also various workflow automation tools.
Determine the best way to bring design automation tools to practice as well as leading the firm to standardize on a range of tools. Ensure quality assurance, process documentation, and define key performance indicators.
Build technical expertise across the firm in these tools and be responsible for continuing education around the same.
Determine new technologies as they pertain to design automation, computational and parametric design & machine learning for the AEC environment and build firm technical expertise around this approach.
Work with management to prioritize new business models.
Drive research and development into emerging technologies as they filter across the AEC industry
Be an internal and external thought leader on related topics.
Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
Other duties as required.
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Interactive Media Design, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, or related fields required
Related experience required which includes:
Experience with Grasshopper, Dynamo, Autodesk Forge platforms required.
Experience Python, C# preferred.
Strong understanding of the AEC industry.
Business acumen and ability to execute strategy.
Exceptional analytical skills, and the ability to collect, organize and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Ability to develop and lead a team.
3D printing Bamboo Labs, Laser cutting, model making
About the Company
KDGi is a design practice where planning, experience, architecture, interior design, and community impact converge. We don’t just dream up solutions — we create and bring them to life. At the heart of everything we do is people-centered design, a bold commitment to using our talents to not just improve the world but to truly reshape it for the better. It’s more than a philosophy, it’s who we are, and it drives us to make a meaningful, lasting difference every day.
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