Digital Production Developer - Brooklyn, United States - Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

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Brooklyn, United States

1 week ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Digital Production Developer

Location:
Brooklyn

Description:

The
Digital Production Developer role is designed for someone proficient in the technical aspects of digital fabrication technologies and eager to broaden their knowledge by creating innovative workflows and refining data analysis systems.

This critical position within our organization combines managing digital fabrication facilities with leading development projects that push the limits of digital manufacturing and design workflows.

Position Duties

Develop new tools and workflows around IT data analytics
Turn concepts and new product visions into reality, managing planning, processes, and project details.
Define the protocol and establish a scope of testing required to prove and validate a concept.
Meet complex challenges with an imaginative stateoftheart approach supported by feasible solutions.

With the Digital Production Managers:

Evaluate and implement new equipment.
Head the training and management of student workers.
Head the advisement and training of facility users in the safe and proper use of digital fabrication equipment.
Assist in the development of communication campaigns for internal and external audiences.
Ensure optimal functionality of all fabrication equipment and peripherals, including hardware and software support.
Contact and coordinate with hardware or software vendors for service.
Prepare materials documenting both enduser procedures and technical methods.
Assist in the development of efficient digital file submission, processing, and troubleshooting.
Perform various administrative duties relating to the operations of production facilities.
Implement facility policies and protocols.
Provide any additional support to ITL operations and all other duties as required.

Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelors degree or equivalent.

Experience:

Previous experience in digital fabrication productions.
Two years minimum experience in 3D design software, including file creation and advanced design integrity troubleshooting.
Operational experience with varied hardware or digital fabrication equipment, including setup, configuration, and deployment.

Skills:

An ability to be flexible, work as part of a team, and work independently are desired in this role.
Ability to gather source information quickly with astute attention to detail.
Willingness and ability to contribute to documentation, protocol, and knowledge transfer for efficient use of equipment.
Strong organizational skills, data entry, and data management.
Professionalism in communication skills with both faculty and students is a must.
Advanced Knowledge Proficient in the use of CAD/Vectorbased software (Rhino/AutoCAD/Adobe/Etc).
Proficient in the use of Word Processing and Spreadsheets.
Experience or interest in fabrication software (Fusion 360/RoboDK/HAL/Grasshopper/Etc).
Receive job submissions and optimize for material handling.

Other:

Must have a demonstrated ability to work independently and juggle several complex tasks simultaneously, as well as have excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Salary, Benefits, and Faculty Support:

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The salary range for this position is
$75,000-80,000. Pratt Institute provides a comprehensive benefits package with the flexibility to meet the varying needs of a diverse group of individual employees.

Benefits include:

403B Retirement Program
Supplemental Retirement Account
Tuition Benefits for Employees and Dependents
Tuition Exchange Program
Flexible Spending Accounts commuter, medical, dependent care
Child care Benefit
Basic life and AD&D insurance provided by Pratt
Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Coverage
Reduced teaching load in first year (1 course release)
Sabbatical leave, as described in the Collective Bargaining Agreement
Additional Perks free entry to select museums and cultural institutions, free use of campus recreation facilities

About Pratt Institute:

Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the professional knowledge and experience to make a better world.

A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

The Institutes impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, Pratt Munson College of Art and Design in Utica, New York.

On Governors Island, Pratt is a core partner on the Stony Brook University team selected to develop the New York Climate Exchange, a research and educational hub poised to establish New York City as the global leade