Computation Design Lead
Vivobarefoot
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Visit company websiteJob Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- Develop and enhance the existing VivoBiome parametric design tool that transform biome / scan data into personalised footwear geometries
- Build, maintain, and optimise design-to-fabrication pipelines (Rhino/Grasshopper → code → digital manufacturing)
- Create modular, scalable design tools enabling rapid scan-to-print iteration, testing, and personalisation at scale
- Collaborate with industrial designers, biomechanists, material scientists, and digital fabrication engineers to find solutions and bring concepts to life
- Translate complex design logic into clear, usable tools for non-technical team members
- Prototype, test, and refine geometries for 3D printing, digital fabrication, and robotic processes
- Bring a “maker” mindset: rapidly experiment, learn, integrate user feedback, and push the boundaries of personalised product
Requirements
- Deep experience in Grasshopper + Rhino (expert user level)
- Strong coding ability in Python and/or C#
- Strong grounding in parametric, procedural, and algorithmic design
- Proven ability to build digital tools or workflows that link data → geometry → fabrication
- Experience in 3D printing, digital fabrication, or robotics-led making
- Able to work in a fast-moving, exploratory environment with a high degree of autonomy
- Background in architecture, computational design, industrial design, or performance product
- Experience developing data-driven or generative design tools for real-world manufacturing
- Understanding of biomechanics, human movement, or footwear performance (a bonus, but not required)
- Experience in cross-disciplinary ‘bridge roles’ between design, engineering, and fabrication teams.
Benefits
- Inclusive hiring
- Collaboration and open feedback
- Diverse perspectives that spark creativity