Broadcast Engineer

Cosm•Los Angeles, CA

87d•$110,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Broadcast Engineer, you’ll help deliver immersive live productions from Cosm’s Los Angeles-based REMI facilities. You’ll oversee the health, quality, and reliability of broadcast systems supporting live sports and entertainment captured in resolutions of 8K and beyond. The role combines broadcast engineering, systems integration, networking, troubleshooting, and live event operations. You’ll work with field engineers, production teams, software developers, and venue operations to support reliable, high-quality broadcasts.

Requirements

At least 3 years of engineering experience supporting live broadcast, live production, or media technology environments.
Strong understanding of broadcast signal flow, transmission systems, and live production workflows.
Experience with broadcast infrastructure, including routing, switching, encoding, recording, monitoring, and IP-based video transport.
Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, multicast, VLANs, and managed switches.
Ability to troubleshoot complex hardware, software, networking, and production issues in fast-paced live environments.
Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical teams.
Self-motivated and organized, with the ability to remain calm under pressure while supporting mission-critical live events.
Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, and travel as needed to support live productions.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of employment.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with REMI, cloud-based production, or IP media technologies such as ST 2110, NDI, SRT, RIST, Dante, or PTP.

Responsibilities

Operate, monitor, and maintain REMI broadcast workflows supporting immersive productions at resolutions of 8K and beyond.
Perform technical quality control of live video, audio, networking, and transmission paths before and during live broadcasts.
Act as a primary escalation point for technical issues across remote production systems, coordinating with field engineers and venue operators to diagnose and resolve problems.
Configure, deploy, and support broadcast infrastructure, including routing systems, switchers, encoders, recorders, graphics systems, monitoring, networking equipment, and signal transport technologies.
Assist with the design, testing, and deployment of production workflows that improve operational efficiency and expand remote production capabilities.
Support system integrations, upgrades, and validation of emerging broadcast technologies.
Partner with Production, Operations, Software Engineering, and Technical Operations teams to execute live events successfully.
Maintain detailed operational documentation, workflows, and technical procedures.
Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Participate in rotating on-call and event support schedules, including nights, weekends, and holidays as required by live productions.
Travel as needed to support live productions.