Cayuse Holdings

Lighting Designer Engineer

Cayuse Holdings

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Fort Myer • Virginia • United States

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Salary

💰 $57 - $65 per hour

About the role

  • Program digital lighting consoles across diverse production environments.
  • Design professional lighting plots, patch lists, and assist with the rigging plan to ensure compliance with indoor/outdoor venue requirements and client vision.
  • Address digital fixtures and special effects coordination, including lasers, fog machines, and advanced lighting elements.
  • Configure, test, and troubleshoot lighting and special effect systems for live productions, rehearsals, and pre-recorded environments to ensure reliable and professional execution.
  • Familiarity with diagnosing connectivity issues related to DMX, digital consoles, and other lighting protocols.
  • Demonstrate mastery of multiple lighting network protocol languages (e.g., DMX and other advanced protocols) to ensure industry-standard functionality.
  • Showcase experience with multiple cue lists, advanced event list programming, and LED color mixing technologies.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree and/or equivalent relevant work experience in Theatrical Lighting Design, Architectural or Interior Design, Lighting, or Architectural Engineering.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant lighting design experience.
  • Mastery in design utilizing Light Converse, AutoCAD, Revit, InDesign, and MS Office or equivalent.
  • Current CORE certification in Vectorworks mandatory, higher certificates preferred.
  • Mastery in programming/operating a High End Hog 4 Lighting Console, ETC LED LUSTR fixtures, Martin MAC moving light fixtures, and maintenance therein.
  • Must be able to correctly configure and deploy Proplex series DMX universes.
  • Proficiency in the following technologies: ETC Sensor 3 dimming racks, architectural and theatrical luminaires, DMX, DALI, 0-10A, BACnet, KNX, or equivalent.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and maintain a theatrical lighting system, to include Martin, MAC, Robe, and other professional lighting fixture make/models.
  • If a fixture cannot be fixed in-house, LD will plan, schedule, and track fixtures out for service with a professional repair facility.
  • Ability to operate follow spots while simultaneously calling lighting cues.
  • Experience in collaborating with video teams to adjust color temperature to aid in white balancing/chipping.
  • Possess a valid REAL ID Driver’s License or similar government-approved identification to obtain military installation access.
  • Maintain reliable mode of transportation.
  • Due to the nature of work at the client’s facility, U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Must be able to pass a background check. May require additional background checks as required by projects and/or clients at any time during employment.
Benefits
  • SCA Health & Welfare fringe benefits
  • Telemedicine
  • Dental & Vision
  • EAP
  • Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
  • Voluntary Life and AD&D options
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with matching after one year
  • Paid Time Off
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Hard Skills & Tools
lighting designprogramming lighting consolesadvanced lighting elementstroubleshooting lighting systemsLED color mixingevent list programmingDMXDALI0-10ABACnet
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizationattention to detail
Certifications
CORE certification in VectorworksBachelor’s Degree in Theatrical Lighting DesignBachelor’s Degree in Architectural DesignBachelor’s Degree in Interior DesignBachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering