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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.
The Role
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 products lines sold by the company, their main role is to serve as the subject
matter expert for lighting & shade control.
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 designimprovements.
• 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

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Software (Required):

• AutoCAD
• Microsoft 365

Software (Preferred):

• D-Tools SI

Product Platform Familiarity (Preferred):
Experience working with lighting control platforms such as:

• 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

Bravas Benefits:

• Work on some of the most spectacular homes in the country.
• Join a collaborative, supportive team that values both professionalism and fun.
• Competitive pay + bonus opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401(k), PTO, and paid holidays.
• This is a fully remote Design role.

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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