Designer - Parametrics
About the Role
Want to work on some of the world’s most complex, exciting and defining architectural projects that only come around once in a lifetime? Our Designer – Parametrics role, will offer you this and much more! This role offers the unique opportunity to work on these projects while collaborating with our other Asia Pacific (APAC) studios to deliver innovative, world-class design outcomes. This exciting position combines hands-on design responsibility with opportunities to contribute to concept development and technical delivery.
About us at Populous
At Populous, our teams design the places where people love to be together. From stadiums and arenas to convention centres, airports, mixed-use developments, and entertainment precincts, we have delivered many of the world’s most iconic and community-defining projects.
With projects spanning Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, we bring global expertise and local insight to every design. Our Brisbane team is central to this network, delivering impactful projects locally and across the region with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and community.
Why Populous
We don’t consider ourselves just another architecture and design practice. At Populous, we believe our strength lies in our people and their diversity of experiences. Across APAC, our team represents over 35 nationalities, and we actively celebrate and support this.
We provide our people with:
- The opportunity to contribute to projects of global significance in Brisbane/Singapore and across APAC
- A collaborative international network of experts and design leaders
- Career development opportunities, including leadership training, mentorship, and global mobility
- A vibrant workplace culture where creativity, collaboration, and innovation are valued
- An environment where everyone can be themselves and grow their careers in any direction they want, all while being in an inclusive and supportive workplace
- Oh, and we’re recognised as one of the best places to work in Australia! We’ve been recognised as a Work180 Top 101 Employer for Women two years in a row, winners of two Work180 Workplace awards and recognised as a HRD 5 Star Employer!
What will you be engaged in?
As a Designer - Parametrics, you’ll gain hands-on experience across the design and delivery process. You will:
- Want a career that is focused on this part of the architectural design process, with a view to helping us build this capability and capacity into the future.
- Develop and explore design ideas through Rhino, supporting project studies and conceptual development, with a focus on helping progress our seating bowl expertise
- Produce diagrams, drawings, and perspectives that communicate design intent with clarity and creativity
- Collaborate with senior architects and designers, learning from an experienced, multidisciplinary team
- Participate in design discussions, bringing a curious, problem-solving mindset to complex challenges
This is a role where you’ll actively contribute to exciting, high-profile projects while continuing to refine your design and technical skills.
What are we looking for?
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
- A Master’s degree in Architecture (or equivalent).
- 3 - 4 years’ professional experience within an architectural practice delivering outcomes and outputs of a similar nature.
- Strong proficiency in parametric design (Rhino essential).
- A strong design sensibility and ability to translate ideas into compelling outputs.
- Competence in Revit for project documentation and an understanding of how AI can be used to help drive designs forward.
- Strong communication, presentation and collaboration skills, with an eagerness to learn and grow in a dynamic design studio and regional set up.
- Experience coordinating and collaborating with other consultants to get the best design outcome.
- A proactive, open-minded approach and willingness to take on new challenges and provide solutions.
- An enthusiasm for exploring new design technologies and methodologies within both a self-driven and team environment.
At Populous, we’re not only looking for technical skills but also for people who share our passion for creating places where communities come together.
We design the places that bring people together — and we know that happens best when our own team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We encourage people of all identities, abilities, and lived experiences to apply and join us in shaping the future of design.
Send us your CV and portfolio and come help us design the places that bring people together.
