Audio-Visual Operations Staff Engineer

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond. Together, we advance your career. We are looking for an adaptive Audio-Visual Operations Engineer to join our team. This role involves supporting a global user facing technology footprint and ensure operational excellence for the service offering. The selected candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in audio visual/collaboration services as well as engaging in video event support where required and targeted project work to ensure ongoing support for larger initiatives. Join us! The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in audio visual centric operations, service delivery, Cisco/Polycom fleet operations and excellent communication abilities, particularly with C-Level executives. This person will thrive in a fast-paced environment and will have a strong bias towards enabling customer success through service delivery.

Requirements

Extensive operational focus in a fast paced, best in class, technology support function.
Strong presentation skills.
Extensive experience with AI technologies and applications for enablement and reporting.
Expert level experience with video support and engineering efforts.
Extensive experience with process management and development.
Extensive experience in dashboarding and data metrology.
Proven experience in C-Level interactions.
Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills.
Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within scope.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the following vendors and process management in these focus areas: Cisco/Polycom video endpoints Webex Control Hub/Poly Lens management platforms Zoom meetings and webinars Vyopta and Thousand Eyes video monitoring platforms Splunk data collection services Crestron and Extron video Crestron, Extron and QSC control systems Biamp, QSC and Extron audio workflows Shure wireless and installed microphone systems Sony, Samsung, and related display vendors. Megapixel, Sony, Nova star video wall products.
Experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C+, SIMPL, Lua and others a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as a subject matter expert and as a point of escalation for engineering incidents.
Ensure global video fleet is at peak operational health through monitoring and maintenance as required.
Troubleshoot and resolve video conferencing and event service incidents, including RMA’s (return material authorizations), and hardware/software issues.
Manage cloud video interoperability partners (i.e. Pexip, Cisco, Synergy Sky, etc) to ensure appropriate KPIs are met for service success.
Utilize AI tools and related applications to create dashboards and other tools to efficiently report out on success metrics and related KPIs
Utilize the existing management-tracking tool ServiceNow for all related incident tracking, service tickets, and change requests.
Report any Exec and P1/P2 AV issues during a Daily Operations meeting.
Operate, maintain, and upgrade video conferencing equipment, test environment, and infrastructure.
Maintain accurate inventories of service-related products for reference and review.
Plan out yearly refresh and upgrade work with teams according to depreciation schedules and Site Expansion activities.
During the year, maintain a list of Conversion requests, create Utilization Heat Maps and review with VP quarterly for approval
Maintain standard offerings for deployment.
Define requirements for next generation fleet adaptations.
Maintain relationships with technology partners and suppliers for implementation.
Evaluate new technologies for deployment and make recommendations with an AMD-on-AMD mindset.
Collaborate with teams cross-functionally to ensure successful delivery of projects and services.
Assist in project related tasks and deliverables to drive solutions to completion.
Provide feedback to senior management/C-suite on projects and process improvements.
Identify incident trends; recommend and implement solutions to reduce volume.
Vendor management in support of project and service deliverables.
Leverage AI wherever possible to increase efficiency and build adaptive solutions.
Collaborate with operations and support teams to provide direction/support, streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance the overall user experience.
Build rapport of innovation within our organization and cross functionally.
Seek out customer feedback for road maps.
Foster a team culture that promotes knowledge sharing, excellence, and collaboration.