Light & Shade Designer

Bravas•Austin, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Home Experience Designer is responsible for taking input from the sales staff, completing an original design and proposal, and turning it into a functional system to install. The Designer provides all documentation used for building the system. While the Lighting & Shade Control Designer should understand and support all products lines sold by the company, their main role is to serve as the subject matter expert for lighting & shade control.

Requirements

The Home Experience Designer must possess an understanding of all AV systems while having a distinct proficiency with lighting and shade control.
They must also be able to read and construct documentation such as house plans, elevations, and lighting diagrams, etc.
Must pursue continuing education on all systems with focused curriculum CE on lighting and shading control.
Residential Lighting Control Systems (system design, load types, panelized vs. distributed architecture, keypad specification, integration fundamentals)
Motorized Shade Systems (power planning, fabric selection basics, control integration, specification standards)
AutoCAD
Microsoft 365
Technical aptitude and attention to detail are paramount
Flexibility to meet customer demands outside of normal working hours
May require standing or sitting for extended periods
Valid in-state driver's license, clean driving record, and criminal background

Nice To Haves

Basic AV system knowledge
Basic residential networking fundamentals
Lighting fixture specification and load calculation
D-Tools SI
Experience working with lighting control platforms such as: Lutron Crestron Control4 Savant

Responsibilities

Research product and make recommendations to the sales staff based on functionality.
Produce documents to assist techs with installation including but not limited to plans, drawings, and elevations.
Partner with Design and Sales team to ensure vision is achieved and all necessary aspects of functionality are included.
Ensure requirements from other trades are specified on drawings, and communicated to PM.
Create new and innovative ways to obtain desired results while adhering to budget and product constraints.
Attend weekly design meetings with the other engineers to obtain feedback on design improvements.
Review sales order, product lists and elevations with sales staff, PMs, and programmers as needed.
Update project documentation, proposals, and change orders in job management software.
Recommend products to bench test and demo before specifying into actual proposals.
Contact vendor and industry experts regarding any new equipment or engineering issues.
Provide remote support for other techs in the field.
Occasionally travel to sites to witness systems in use.
Provide training or communication to disseminate pertinent information to other techs in the field.
Fiscal responsibility for all assets assigned and property within Designer’s care.
Customer service, including ability to work with high profile and high demand customers.
Guardianship and preservation of client confidentiality and network/home security.
Adherence to state and federal laws, including adherence to traffic laws.