Broadcast Engineer (1 year contract)

Grass Valley • New York, NY

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About The Position

Grass Valley is looking for an experienced Video/Broadcast Engineer to work embedded at one of our major global broadcast customers. This position will report on a day-to-day basis to the Engineering department of our customer, whose identity will be disclosed during the interview process.

Requirements

• Experience in the design, build, and commissioning of technical systems for broadcast playout, distribution, and live streaming via IP.
• Knowledge of baseband HD/SD video, compressed video/audio encoding, IP transport stream distribution, in-band and out-of-band metadata payloads, OTT streaming architecture, and IP networking principles including multicast.
• Proven ability to test and qualify compressed video transport streams and compression technologies at the packet level, including MPEG-4 H.264, HEVC H.265, MPEG-2 and JPEG-2000.
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards, test tools and applications used in the acceptance testing of compressed video streams.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and experience in scripting, process automation, data acquisition, measurement and analysis tools.
• Familiarity with video encryption and conditional access systems for content protection, broadcast and infrastructure monitoring and control systems, and Ethernet network topologies.
• Familiarity with digital Ad Insertion systems, Targeted Advertisement signaling and video industry protocols such as SCTE-104 and SCTE-35.
• Familiarity with industry developments in key technical areas of standardization and can articulate benefits/risks of various technology solutions.
• Familiarity with Agile project management tools and techniques such as SCRUM and JIRA.
• Demonstrates ability to manage assigned projects to tight timelines.
• Demonstrates ability to perform technical analysis, exercise judgment, communicate with clarity and influence key technical decisions.
• Possesses understanding of the modern video technology landscape including broadcast and streaming media.
• Remains grounded in scientific method and objective analysis, representing a disciplined engineering approach at all times.
• Maintains an awareness of best practices in the technology industry and implements forward-looking best of breed solutions.

Responsibilities

• Research, Design, Documentation, Installation, Commissioning and Test of virtualized compressed IP-based video origination and distribution systems.
• Responsible for end-to-end fulfillment of assigned projects and tasks, including installation, configuration and commissioning of video equipment and software applications.
• Coordinates in-house and third-party resources to fulfill system integration tasks for documentation, fabrication and installation.
• Collaborates with in-house technical support teams to perform system acceptance testing and training.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees