Broadcast Engineer

The Metropolitan Opera • New York, NY

105d • $2,141

About The Position

The Metropolitan Opera’s Media Department produces approximately 70 live broadcasts each season between September and June for the Saturday Matinee Radio series, SiriusXM Met Opera radio channel, and Live in HD series. The Broadcast Engineer will be part of a team of audio engineers responsible for all technical aspects of the Met’s broadcasts. The Metropolitan Opera seeks an experienced audio engineer or qualified candidate with music literacy and experience in a performing arts environment. This is a position represented by Local One, IATSE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in live broadcast and production work
• Ability to identify and locate selections from a musical score
• Experience with digital playback systems
• Large frame consoles including Digico, Studer, and Yamaha
• Advanced Pro Tools fluency required and basic operation of Izotope RX
• Selection/installation/operation of audio recording, editing, and broadcast systems
• Knowledge of and compliance to broadcast standards
• Experience with broadcast IP codecs
• Experience with intercommunications systems – RTS, Clearcom, or Riedel
• IP networking knowledge for broadcast infrastructure
• Electronic basics like wiring, soldering, power supplies, analog and digital audio, video signals, fiber, and associated diagnostic and repair techniques
• Experience with asset management systems – Soundminer, Enco, Amazon Glacier

Responsibilities

• Live broadcast board operation
• Live mixing on large frame consoles and with multiple microphones and talking heads including host, commentators, and guests
• Triggering live playback of prerecorded features
• Broadcast recording and monitoring (multi-track)
• Broadcast archiving and asset management
• Recording, editing, mixing, and music underscoring of radio features, interviews, promos, and trailers including VO, performance excerpts (current and archival) and music beds
• Management of live broadcast transmission to worldwide terrestrial radio network and internet streaming partners including responsibility for end-to-end connections and quality assurance throughout broadcasts
• Working on additional Media activities and events as assigned
• Contributing to the design and implementation of on-going upgrades to the broadcast facilities.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Commitment to providing an environment of mutual respect
• Equal employment opportunities available to all applicants and existing employees without regard to protected categories.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees