Modular Systems Architect / Computational Design – ADPT (m/w/d, 80–100 %)
Looking for a system problem?
We build a system that generates them.
With ADPT, we develop a modular system that connects architecture, systems design and software. Buildings are not treated as isolated projects, but as configurable expressions of a shared system. This is how we make construction more scalable, circular and economically viable.
Your Mission
As a Modular Systems Architect, you shape the constructive‑digital interface of ADPT — where physical building components, digital models and system logic come together. You ensure that resource‑efficient and scalable living and working environments emerge from digital models.
Your contribution:
- You translate building components into structured, machine‑readable models
- You model relationships, dependencies and combinability of components
- You translate system rules into consistent model and data structures
- You establish the foundation for valid and evaluable building configurations
You work directly at the intersection of:
Architecture & System Design, together with the Principal Systems Architect and the Architecture Design Lead.
Research & Software Development, in close collaboration with a leading research group in digital construction (Chair of Computing in Civil Engineering, Prof. Dr. Markus König, Ruhr University Bochum).
Engineering Practice, in close collaboration with Arup, as part of a development partnership focused on circular and high‑quality buildings.
What you bring
- Deep understanding of modular, industrialised and system‑based construction
- Ability to translate physical systems into abstract and logical structures
- Experience with discrete components, type systems and parametric models
- Experience in the structured modelling of building or design systems
- Ability to formulate concepts precisely and in a way that connects architecture and systems thinking
- Strong interest in shaping future‑proof ways of designing and building
- This role is designed for system thinkers rather than traditional design architects or BIM modelers
What makes this role unique
- You do not work on individual buildings, but on the logic from which they emerge
- Your work changes how buildings are planned, built and optimised
- You join at an early stage and help shape how the ADPT building system is structured, modelled and evolved from the beginning
- You collaborate with leading partners from engineering practice and research (including Arup, RUB, TU Munich, TU Dortmund, HS Bochum)
- ADPT buildings are not only designed and simulated, but actually built
- Your work contributes directly to transforming the construction industry ─ with immediate real‑world impact through funded pilot projects (e.g. the ADPT pilot project „ZukunftsQuartier Kunstwerkerschule “)
- Clear path toward long‑term ownership of a core element of the ADPT system
Framework
Duration: minimum 16 months, with long‑term responsibility for the right fit
Location: Essen or Berlin and remote
Remote setup: flexible, depending on project phase and requirements
Compensation: salary, equity option
Start date: by agreement
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