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Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, advisors and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigor to shape a better world

The Advanced Digital Engineering team is a global group of software developers, product managers, user experience designers and digital consultants within Arup. We use our collective talents to incubate and deliver technology-led solutions to clients, and in doing so help transform the way that cities, buildings and physical networks are planned and delivered.

Our team members are involved in the full life cycle of digital solutions, from ideation to requirements gathering, design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance and support. Our organizational model gives each of us the opportunity to participate in critical thinking, creative workshops, software architecture, and feature prioritization. We encourage our team members to help identify and incubate new ways to leverage technology in our industry.

Our work is shaped by our values and the deep domain knowledge of in-house building experts who span the broad range of specialties in the built environment. Our data-driven solutions aim to empower clients to design and manage buildings more sustainably, deliver insight on urban resiliency from civic data, and empower city authorities to plan, design and deliver infrastructure projects more equitably, efficiently and with greater transparency.

We also collaborate with experts across our firm to develop and deploy computational tools to enhance their ability to perform design and analysis. Our team serves as a catalyst for automation across Arup. Every day we use elegant software tools, cloud-based web applications, novel automation workflows, geospatial tools, advanced data analytics, machine learning and more to advance the design and delivery of airports, rail networks, urban infrastructure, bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers and other key components of the built environment.

Our employee-owned firm promotes and supports forward looking research and development, and our team is deeply involved in the conceptualization, design, development and deployment of next-generation digital tools for our industry. We are looking for talented individuals interested in advancing their full stack development skills, and excited about engaging experts across the built environment to collaboratively build new digital solutions to help us reshape the world around us.

ROLE

We are looking for a candidate with a background in digital design or interaction design who is interested in working with data and solving complex problems of the built environment, ensuring that our groundbreaking software solutions are useable, inclusive and accessible. This role is great for someone who wants to develop their digital design practice and influence the design approach to digital solutions at Arup.

You will be working in a team of developers, data scientists, user experience designers, product managers and you will often collaborate with other parts of the business on projects (building engineers, transport consultants, geotechnical engineers, urban planners, etc.). You will support user experience (UX) design efforts that will inform the development of software solutions. Digital is a growing part of the Arup business, and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about playing a part in shaping the future of the built environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the planning and running of design workshops to steer product design and engage stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the User Research team to produce User Journeys that describe products and how users interact with them.
• Produce wireframes/prototype to illustrate user journeys for target users.
• Collaborate with the User Research team to produce a Usability Testing plan to identify design elements for testing.
• Iterate designs based on user research (personas, user journeys etc.).
• Identify and apply appropriate design standards and guidelines to ensure usability, inclusivity, and accessibility in all of our solutions.
• Contribute to developing design principles, frameworks, and best practice approaches to UI design.
• Work with front-end developers on CSS.
• Support Business Analysts and User Researchers' definition of user stories.
• Disseminate expertise on software interaction design through internal skills networks.
• Software development of web-based applications using JavaScript frameworks. You will work with development teams to build, maintain and use code stacks to deliver custom software solutions for our clients and teams, and digital products to complement our firm's current offerings.
• Engaging experts across the built environment. You will work closely with industry-leading designers, engineers, and consultants to identify opportunities for digital transformation. You will be responsible for translating complex information and processes into accessible narratives to empower informed decision making.
• Communication through writing and presenting. Your role will involve the documentation of methods and outcomes. You will also represent the services and offerings of the Digital Insight team broadly throughout the firm, conveying the work we do to other teams through presentations.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in software interaction design or similar field of study.
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA or higher.
• 1 or more years development experience in a commercial environment
• Interested and curious about the built environment (no experience necessary)
• Research oriented, critical thinker
• Strong in object-oriented design principles
• Experience using 3 rd party APIs, frameworks and development kits
• Development and support of relational databases (SQL) and/or NoSQL technologies
• Familiarity with Agile Development methodologies
• Familiarity with version control tools such as Git or SVN
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future

PREFERRED:

• Master's Degree in software interaction design or similar field of study
• Experience working with common design platforms such as Figma or Miro
• Graphic design capabilities and experience with common platforms such as Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with relevant JavaScript frameworks, such as Angular 8 or React
• Web application development experience in JavaScript/Node.js/HTML/CSS
• Strong in Python
• Experience working in a development team environment using collaboration tools such as Atlassian
• Experience building web applications: web maps, websites, data visualization
• Experience with visualization techniques and libraries, e.g. D3.js
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

NOTABLE PROJECTS

For over seven decades Arup has been at the forefront of the most ambitious and innovative design and engineering. From concert halls to national stadiums, renewable energy to driverless cars, we continue to add to that history every day.

• Open-sourced data and analysis to help NGO's, governments, and firms understand homelessness trends because of COVID-19 and resulting shutdowns. ( https://github.com/arup-group/social-data )
• Charge4All - Scaling curbside EV charging infrastructure using a digital enabled and equiable approach ( https://www.arup.com/projects/charge4all )
• Mobility Mosaic, a mobile application for collecting advanced travel data and informing urban, aviation and transport planning ( https://www.mobility-mosaic.com/ )

ARUP IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

We consider all qualified candidates regardless of national origin, veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or other status protected by law. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at americasbenefits@arup.com

At Arup we’re dedicated to sustainable development and to do socially useful work that has meaning. Our purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world. We solve the world's most complex problems and deliver what seems impossible, with curiosity and creativity. We’re a thriving and growing organization which offers you many possibilities to shape a better world, and your future.