Audiovisual Infrastructure Engineer

Airbnb•San Francisco, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team builds, operates and maintains Airbnb’s global video production and large-scale audiovisual infrastructure in our event spaces, collaboration hubs and large specialty conference rooms at offices around the world. We work closely with the Infrastructure builds team, the live production crew and the office of the CEO to deliver highly functional and reliable AV infrastructure.

Requirements

10+ years experience in AV system design, integration and implementation.
Emphasis on design for reliability and supportability.
Qsys programming and commissioning (Control, UI and DSP programming/troubleshooting, Camera tracking experience a plus)
Zoom Rooms as a VC platform (commissioning, administration, testing and troubleshooting)
Experience with broadcast AV systems (video cameras, video switchers, digital audio mixing consoles, and SDI/IP backbone infrastructures)
Programming and troubleshooting digital signal processing systems (QSC, Biamp, Yamaha etc..) and Dante networked audio routing and configuration
Expert at troubleshooting complex systems (audio, video, network, control)
Thorough comprehension of and ability to create AV schematics
Working knowledge of IP networking design and troubleshooting along with basic switch configuration and vlans.
Ability to assess, identify, manage and mitigate risk factors across complex systems
Project management experience (ability to plan and coordinate with others, drive progress forward)
Ability to research, clarify, condense and document complex R&D projects
Experience with technical and end-user documentation of projects (as-builts, runbooks, troubleshooting guides)

Nice To Haves

Camera tracking experience a plus

Responsibilities

Hands-on experience in overseeing design, build, commissioning, and maintenance phases of 30-100 person multipurpose spaces, boardrooms and large conference room AV systems in concert with external AV consultants and AV integrators.
R&D of new technologies, and innovative designs, to use in these systems, build and test proofs of concept. Includes research into the exciting frontier of AI technologies.
Working closely with our IT builds project management team throughout the design and build phases.
Assist in the design and operation of broadcast-grade AV infrastructure for large-scale event spaces supporting audiences of 100–1,000 people.
Running proof-of-concept tests to see what's worth bringing into our ecosystem.
Deep in a broadcast studio commission, making sure every system fires exactly the way it should.
Hopping a flight to one of our global offices to work alongside local AV integrators, walking a brand-new gathering space through commissioning and testing until it meets the standard you designed it to.
Syncing with cross-functional partners, aligning on what's next, and making sure AV is never an afterthought.