Graduate Lighting Designer
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Design & Architecture
Engineering Design & Technologists
Location: New York
Start designing tomorrow’s future!
Buro Happold is seeking a motivated and collaborative Graduate Lighting Designer to join our team and contribute to innovative and sustainable design solutions.
As a Graduate Lighting Designer, you will work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, gaining hands‑on experience while contributing to impactful projects that shape communities, advance sustainability, and support the global effort to address climate change.
Learn more about Lighting Design at Buro Happold
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a moreequitableworld. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you,it’llbe anything but ordinary.
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
Your key duties- Environmental Impact Assessment work to meet planning requirements considering light spill analysis and oversight
- Sunlight & daylight massing analysis for architects and developers
- Daylight designer including specification of control devices such as louvres and shading devices
- Lighting strategies & master-planning for public realm and cities
- Lighting concept designs
- Concept visualization & 3D light modeling
- Scheme outlines with cost feasibility
- Detailed lighting design including architectural integration detailing
- Lighting control specification
- Bespoke luminaire design
- Site monitoring, including programming of control systems and focusing of luminaires
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture, Lighting, or Architectural Engineering
- Coursework and/or experience in architecture (studio and/or history), lighting, or building systems design
- Experience using AGI, Revit,Enscape, and Photoshop beneficial
- Experience in 3ds Max,Elum Tools, Grasshopper or Rhino a bonus
- Interest in the lighting design industry with an emphasis on architectural lighting design or day lighting analysis
- Lighting related internship helpful
- Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible manner
- Eagerness to learn and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Portfolio demonstrating design, visualization, academic, or lighting-related work is preferred.
Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don’t meet all requirements.
What we offer- Salary range of $80,000 to $83,000.Thiswill bedeterminedbased on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience
- Generous benefits package
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Generous PTO (4 weeks) in addition to 10 paid holidays
- 401k with company match
- Hybrid working & summer hours
- Reimbursement for certain professional licenses andassociatedrenewals and exam fees
- Connection to global network of experts on the forefront of industry initiatives
- Access to wideranginglearning and development opportunities
- Connect with colleagues and build your network through our Employee Resource Groups, including the Young Employees Forum, Diversity & Inclusion Forum, Women's Network, Wellness Committee, and Black at Buro Happold
Ready for something a little less ordinary?
A place for everyone
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Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We have much to learn from one another.
Embracing differences allow us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you.
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