Computational Facade Consultant

Our New York City office is seeking a talented and motivated computational facade consultant to support our growing facade design and development team. We are currently working with some of the world’s leading architects, developers, and contractors on projects including super-tall commercial developments, extremely high-performance high-rise residential buildings, art galleries and museums, and entertainment and leisure complexes. The role will involve participating in a variety of projects, providing detailed technical and design support, engineering analysis, and advice.

• Develop digital workflows for the delivery of complex projects from concept to completion
• Contribute to the development of internal design modelling tools and R&D initiatives
• Work with the internal design teams, clients, architects, and other consultants to provide support, analysis, and documentation for projects
• Represent VIA at meetings
• Use parametric, thermal, and other analytic software and interpret their outputs
• Review own and others’ work as part of quality assurance
• Provide support in the creation of design presentations and reports

• A degree or certification in a related discipline (architecture, computational design, civil engineering, etc.)
• 2+ years of proven computational design experience in a professional setting
• Solid understanding of geometry
• Demonstrated advanced skills in Rhino and Grasshopper
• Good skills in graphical representation and communication
• A strong attention to detail
• Initiative and proactive working methodology
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

• Experience with ele Front
• Demonstrated experience providing inter-program operability through their respective APIs
• Demonstrated experience in at least one programming language (C# or Python a plus)
• Experience with Revit as well as interoperability between Rhino and Revit
• Experience working with a facade contractor or specialist facade subcontractor

• Brooklyn, Full-time