CAD Designer

About Density

Density’s mission is to measure and improve our footprint on the world.

We help companies understand how their workplaces are used. At Density, we build one of the most advanced people sensing systems in the world. Density can tell you how many people are in any room in near real-time, with very high degrees of accuracy and without invading privacy.

We translate that data into actionable, opinionated insights that help companies increase the financial and experiential performance of any workplace. Today, we work with companies ranging from Fortune 1000 to high growth such as Uber, Pinterest, Shopify and Okta, occupying more than a billion square feet worldwide.

The result: lower emissions, less waste, better access, safer buildings and better designed cities. It is a long term pursuit and one we could use your help achieving. That’s where you come in.

The Opportunity:

As a CAD Designer at Density, you’ll play a critical role on our Solutions Architecture team as we plan customer implementations. As our customers provide us documents for their workplaces (floorplans, 3D models, ceiling plans, door schedules, lighting plans), you’ll use your knowledge of modeling technologies and our Density sensors to advise on the best sensor placements to deliver our customers valuable and insightful data.

At Density, you’ll quickly earn the trust of the solution team members and become a subject matter expert. You’ll be reviewing their project proposals and looking for the 1% value-add. You’ll be driving towards a team KPI and looking for wins that can improve team performance and team metrics.

You’ll coach your teammates on best practices, identify unique use cases, communicate ideas on customer calls, and document successes and wins that can be carried forward to future projects.

In this role you will:

• Become a subject matter expert of our sensors: Entry and Open Area
• Review floorplans, Point Clouds, and Navigate 3D models in Revit & AutoCAD to analyze environmental conditions to determine sensor placement
• Be a resource for your team members on best practice sensor placements
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Platform, and Field Engineering teams to ensure deliverables are on-time
• Own customer communication regarding deployment plans
• Be an active participant in customer calls to advise on best practices
• Own the solution design through the life of the project

The ideal candidate will:

• Be able to read, navigate, and edit a floorplan in AutoCAD 2D and Revit
• Be able to prepare complex construction drawings for commercial projects utilizing Revit and AutoCAD
• Experience creating Revit Families
• Experience creating Lisp routines for AutoCAD
• Be a trusted advisor, people naturally gravitate toward you for advice
• Have exceptional organization skills and version control process––able to maintain storage, retrieval, and revision of drawings
• Have a general knowledge of building codes
• Have great spatial awareness
• Be a self-starter; able to work independently without supervision
• Be creative and open to solving problems with many solutions
• Be flexible and willing to think outside the box
• Consistently and successfully meet deadlines
• Able to handle a high volume of work and prioritize ruthlessly
• Be a team player and be able to share ideas
• Be polished and professional in front of customers and partners, especially in high-pressure situations
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Embrace a growth mindset despite complexity and challenges.
• Communicate always with the customer in mind
• Mentor junior team members
• Develop and maintain design best practices in accordance with changing design standards

The icing on the cake:

• Understand the difference between POE & POE+, IDF & MDF rooms and other network-related items
• Advanced knowledge of residential and/or commercial construction techniques, construction documents, and CAD concepts
• Advanced knowledge of building codes
• Have experience in Vectorworks
• Experience with Dynamo
• BIM360 proficient

We are looking for candidates who are strong in several areas and have exposure to or interest in the others. Most of all, we are looking for candidates who see themselves as a meaningful addition to Density’s team and culture.

We offer:

• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, mental and reproductive health, 401K, equity, Flex Fridays, Remote Friendly, unlimited and mandatory PTO and more.
• A company full of fun, smart, talented and legitimately kind teammates. Our culture powers everything we do and we work hard to nurture it by bringing on the right humans.
• A team hailing from innovators like Apple, LinkedIn, Stripe, Meraki, Flexport, WeWork, NASA & beyond.
• $227M raised from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund and Upfront Ventures.
• The chance to change the built world as we know it.

Density provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Compensation Range:

Salary Range: $95,000 - $115,000

Preferred Primary Location: Remote, USA (Eastern Timezone)

An important note on salary:

The annual pay range for this position is based on the preferred primary location of the role which is listed above. If you are applying to this role at a location that is not the preferred primary location, please keep in mind the salary range will vary and may fall outside of what is listed. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the Density consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range. Equity may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.