Home Experience Designer

Summary

Bravas is the #1 traditional custom integrator nationwide, specializing in high-end home automation solutions. The Home Experience Designer is responsible for creating original designs and proposals based on input from sales staff, ensuring functionality and documentation for installation.

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

Skills

• Understanding of all AV systems while having a distinct proficiency with lighting and shade control
• Ability to read and construct documentation such as house plans, elevations, and lighting diagrams
• 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
• Valid in-state driver's license, clean driving record, and criminal background
• 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Understanding of all AV systems while having a distinct proficiency with lighting and shade control
• Ability to read and construct documentation such as house plans, elevations, and lighting diagrams
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Competitive pay + bonus opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401(k), PTO, and paid holidays.
• This is a fully remote Design role.