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Design Systems Analyst (Applied R+D Smart Places & Digital Twin Specialist)

London, Battersea

Permanent

On site

Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, engineering, urban and landscape design, rooted in sustainability.

The Applied Research and Development team at Foster + Partners is looking for a Design Systems Analyst (Applied R+D Smart Places & Digital Twin Specialist) to join their team in London.

This role will be responsible for:

  • Research and develop smart building, smart city and digital twin technologies. Engage with all stages of the innovation lifecycle, capturing requirements, identifying successful technologies and promoting these from prototype to production use

  • Liaise with designers and domain specialists internal and external to the company to ensure effective development, integration, and application of wider company design systems and processes

    Key skills:

  • Degree in Architecture, Engineering (including Building Services), or Computer Science or equivalent experience

  • Experience in one or more areas of collecting, managing and visualizing data related to the built environment, including: sensor technology, asset information management, cloud data management, data processing and visualisation

  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: architecture, information management, building services and smart buildings, smart cities, digital twins, ubiquitous computing (including the Internet of Things), data science, interactive application (including games engine) development, cloud computing

  • Familiarity with systems and processes for managing buildings, cities or other complex assets (BMS / AMS)

    In return we offer a competitive basic salary and generous benefits package which includes 25 days holiday (exc bank holidays), Pension, DIS and discretionary annual bonus

    If you would like to work for a company that can offer you a career then please apply by sending an up to date CV

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