OXMAN
OXMAN is a nature-based research and design company based in Manhattan. We incubate ventures and technologies that reimagine the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Working across disciplines—from architecture and ecology to materials science and computation—we develop nature-centric solutions to critical environmental challenges.
EDEN
Nature provides humanity with services that are critical for survival: the sequestration of carbon, the filtration of water, and the production of the air we breathe. EDEN works to strengthen and regenerate these natural processes by cultivating biodiverse, resilient ecosystems that sustain life for all species—human and non-human alike.
EDEN is a digital design environment for the engineering and design of ecosystems, modeling the flows, relationships, and processes that sustain them. We build tools that quantify how landscapes can be engineered toward specific performance goals—cooling cities, filtering water, sequestering carbon, and protecting key species—and use those tools to guide the design of ecologically active sites.
One hectare of well-designed landscape can sequester up to four times the annual emissions of an average home, filter enough water to support thirteen neighborhoods, and reduce ambient temperatures by more than ten degrees. EDEN enables designers to plan intentionally for these outcomes through analysis, simulation, and optimization, turning ecological function into an actionable design parameter.
Our design team works directly with clients to apply these tools toward site-specific goals, from logistics campuses and residential communities to rewilding and climate-resilient developments. Together with our clients, we are designing biodiverse, productive environments that serve both humanity and nature.
Role Overview
OXMAN is seeking a Computational Designer to join the EDEN design team and develop procedural design workflows that integrate ecological intelligence into architecture, landscape, and planning projects.
This role sits at the intersection of design, data, and simulation. The ideal candidate is fluent in Houdini workflows and uses procedural systems to explore, analyze, and visualize complex spatial relationships. They bring a designer’s intuition, a systems thinker’s curiosity, and a technical artist’s precision—translating ecological and environmental data into adaptive, rule-based geometries that inform real-world design decisions.