Home Experience Designer
Bravas, Austin, TX, United States
About the Company
Bravas is the #1 traditional custom integrator nationwide, installing and servicing high‑end home automation solutions for predominantly residential customers. Focused on the luxury market, Bravas completes more than 3,400 residential and commercial projects across the U.S. every year. Working with homeowners, designers, architects, and builders. Bravas creates state‑of‑the‑art smart home technology solutions that include everything from lighting, shades, and A/V to networking, security systems, power management, and more.
Job Summary 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 product lines sold by the company, their main role is to serve as the subject‑matter expert for lighting & shade control.
Duties & 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
Qualifications 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.
Core Disciplines (Required)
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)
Supporting Disciplines (Preferred)
Basic AV system knowledge
Basic residential networking fundamentals
Lighting fixture specification and load calculation
Software (Required)
AutoCAD
Microsoft 365
Software (Preferred)
D-Tools SI
Product Platform Familiarity (Preferred)
Lutron
Crestron
Control4
Savant
Additional Requirements
Technical aptitude and attention to detail are paramount
Position is remote work eligible
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
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Job Summary 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 product lines sold by the company, their main role is to serve as the subject‑matter expert for lighting & shade control.
Duties & 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
Qualifications 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.
Core Disciplines (Required)
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)
Supporting Disciplines (Preferred)
Basic AV system knowledge
Basic residential networking fundamentals
Lighting fixture specification and load calculation
Software (Required)
AutoCAD
Microsoft 365
Software (Preferred)
D-Tools SI
Product Platform Familiarity (Preferred)
Lutron
Crestron
Control4
Savant
Additional Requirements
Technical aptitude and attention to detail are paramount
Position is remote work eligible
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
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