Lighting Designer II

Overview

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is a leading, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 900 employees who plan, design, and deliver high-performance, innovative, and holistic engineering solutions.

Recognized as a top engineering firm nationally, AEI is dedicated to enhancing the built environment through remarkable design and award-winning projects.

Pivotal Lighting Design is the lighting design studio within AEI. Pivotal provides architectural lighting design services specializing in AEI’s core markets as well as project pursuits in areas such as exterior environments, civic, and corporate among others. Learn more at

We have a great opportunity for you to join Pivotal in a Lighting Designer II role in our Chapel Hill, NC office.

Here’s why we need you:

In this role, you will be working with senior lighting designers, supporting the design and documentation process from concepts through construction. Job tasks will include development of presentation boards, illumination and LPD calculations, research of lighting and lighting controls products, documentation of lighting layouts in CAD or Revit, construction submittal reviews, and project site visits.

Expertise of our most successful Lighting Designer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Theatrical Lighting Design, or Architectural Engineering.
• Experience with the lighting design process including fundamental knowledge of luminaire components, lighting controls, computer-generated lighting calculations, and photometry.
• Experienced with Microsoft Office products AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
• Proficiency with AGI.
  32, Lightstanza, or similar lighting calculation and rendering software.
• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop are a plus.
• NCQLP Lighting Certification is a plus.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Effective working individually and within team environments, both in-person and virtual.
• Communicates well with clients and project partners at all levels in the organization.
• Strong spoken and written communications skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to anticipate design work, and to delegate and balance work for others.
• Experience in combining personal judgment with a wide variety of data and information to perform and evaluate system calculations and design options.

Our dedication to you:

• Our culture encourages professional development while adhering to a set of core values that drive company and team decisions. Our commitment to these values – innovation and expertise, integrity, communication, quality, responsibility, opportunity, and growth – informs both project decisions and behavior amongst colleagues and clients.

• The opportunity to design complex project types affords challenging and unique projects for our creative team. No two projects are the same as they are realized in partnership with acclaimed architects across the country including award winning projects.

• An exceptional benefits package (health, dental, vision) and a year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance.

We provide the tools and a support system to ensure a thriving career. If this environment and opportunity aligns with your goals, we would be thrilled to meet you.

Come and collaborate with us!

To be considered, apply online at

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