Sustainable Design Engineer

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** Overview:
** A technically skilled, outcomes-driven practitioner in building energy and performance modeling who helps project teams in making design decisions that improve people’s lives through healthier, more resilient, lower-carbon buildings. Exercises independent judgment to develop whole-building simulations and engineering analyses across building types and scales, translating data into clear, actionable recommendations from early concept through delivery and post-occupancy verification. Brings broad knowledge of high-performance sustainable design principles and tools, contributes original solutions, and strengthens firmwide capability through collaboration, research, and knowledge sharing.
** Responsibilities:
*** Develops whole-building dynamic thermal and energy simulation models across diverse building types and scales, including advanced mechanical systems evaluations and architectural-performance integration (day lighting strategies, lighting controls impacts, and façade thermal/moisture response)
* Performs detailed engineering analysis to reduce energy consumption and associated GHG emissions across design, construction, and operations, aligned with integrated project performance goals
* Executes comfort studies, energy simulation, daylight simulation, solar shading analysis, and renewable energy evaluations, and produces analysis-based recommendations that inform decisions by architects, engineers, contractors, and operators
* Supports Design Green and firm sustainability leadership by contributing modeling and analysis that integrates design-performance, energy-modeling, and operations-modeling practices across projects
* Predicts building energy use and savings versus baseline using whole-building simulation with clear assumptions, and supports post-occupancy evaluation and performance verification using industry-standard calibration procedures
* Provides Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for design alternatives, applying appropriate economic parameters and documenting tradeoffs tied to design and operational decisions
* Reviews professional literature to identify innovation opportunities that improve energy efficiency and building performance using new and existing technologies, and contributes market-relevant implementation ideas
* Produces technically rigorous, graphically clear reports, calculations summaries, and presentation materials that translate analysis into actionable design direction
* Collaborates with design teams and technical disciplines to promote integrative sustainable strategies and leverages complex datasets to support design decisions and research objectives
* Supports specialized project and enterprise research on energy, environmental, carbon, and sustainability topics, and contributes to methods, data collection, and documentation as needed
* Delivers internal training content and knowledge sharing on building science fundamentals and energy analysis software applications
* Participates in team meetings to coordinate project delivery, surface technical issues early, and align modeling work with project schedules, scopes, and performance outcomes
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* Qualifications:

*** Accredited professional degree in Architecture, Engineering, Sustainable Design or related field
* Professional engineering licensure preferred
* Typically 3+ years of experience
* Modeling credentials such as ASHRAE Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP), Building Energy Simulation Analyst (BESA), or equivalent preferred
* Sustainable design accreditation preferred
* Familiarity with design and energy modeling applications such as Rhino, Grasshopper, Radiance, DIVA, REVIT, AutoCAD, Sketchup, IES VE, Sefaira, Insight
360, Energy Plus, Energy Pro preferred
* Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup and InDesign graphic software preferred
* Proficiency in MS Office Suite preferred
* Experience in LEED submission and regulatory compliance energy modeling
* Familiarity with computational…