Broadcast Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

7d

About The Position

Apple's worldwide events team produces technically demanding, widely watched live productions. The Broadcast Engineer supports broadcast facilities, transmission operation centers, and event production environments, keeping the infrastructure behind these events running. The role spans permanent facilities and temporary event environments and works across traditional broadcast engineering and modern IP media systems.

The position provides hands-on support for live production, infrastructure readiness, signal routing, media transport, encoding, monitoring, and troubleshooting, with a strong focus on IP-based media workflows. The engineer partners with production, engineering, information security, operations, vendors, and cross-functional teams to plan, deploy, operate, and maintain systems for high-visibility events. The work involves rack-level tasks, system configuration, documentation, real-time troubleshooting, and longer-term infrastructure improvement. It requires sound technical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to remain focused under live production conditions. Travel is approximately 20% for remote event support.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of hands-on broadcast engineering experience in live events, broadcast facilities, production operations, or similarly demanding media environments.
• Direct experience operating or supporting one or more broadcast platforms such as Imagine, Evertz, TAG, Providius, EVS, AWS Elemental, Ateme, Appear, or Nimbra.
• Working knowledge of IP media transport technologies, including SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS IS-04/05, JPEG-XS, SRT, AES67, and Dante.
• Understanding of IP networking in a broadcast context, including multicast, PTP/IEEE 1588, VLANs, QoS, and IGMP.
• Hands-on experience with network infrastructure in a broadcast, media, or production environment.
• Ability to administer, troubleshoot, and support Linux and macOS systems used in broadcast operations.
• Ability to diagnose signal, network, timing, and system issues under live production conditions.
• Clear communication with production, engineering, operations, and vendor teams, particularly when priorities change or issues arise in real time.
• Sound judgment in balancing technical risk, production impact, and operational continuity.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% for remote event support.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud media services or hybrid workflows, including AWS MediaConnect or related platforms.
• Familiarity with VMware virtualization supporting broadcast or media applications.
• Background supporting corporate events, technology-sector events, product launches, town halls, or executive communications.
• Experience contributing to technical operations center buildouts, facility upgrades, or infrastructure migrations.
• Scripting or automation experience with Python, Bash, or similar tools applied to broadcast infrastructure.
• Familiarity with professional broadcast communications systems, including intercom, IFB, and program audio distribution.
• Experience with Arista network infrastructure in a broadcast, media, or production environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support for broadcast facilities, transmission operation centers, and event production environments.
• Support live production, infrastructure readiness, signal routing, media transport, encoding, monitoring, and troubleshooting, particularly for IP-based media workflows.
• Partner with production, engineering, information security, operations, vendors, and cross-functional teams to plan, deploy, operate, and maintain systems for high-visibility events.
• Perform rack-level work, system configuration, documentation, and real-time troubleshooting.
• Contribute to longer-term infrastructure improvement.
• Diagnose signal, network, timing, and system issues under live production conditions.
• Balance technical risk, production impact, and operational continuity.
• Travel approximately 20% to support remote events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed