Broadcast Transmission Technician (7324)

RUN STUDIOS LLC•Redmond, WA

8d•$92,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

RUN Studios, in partnership with one of our leading corporate clients, is looking for a Broadcast Transmission Technician to join our collaborative Redmond-based team. This role is ideal for a versatile production professional who thrives in fast-paced studio environments and enjoys working across a wide range of production scenarios. The Broadcast Transmission Technician is responsible for supporting the booking, scheduling, and facilitating transmission, streaming, tape op and in-room tech support for live events. Role also assists in supporting remote broadcast needs at Tier 1 corporate events. Additional responsibilities include configuring, testing and running of broadcast equipment.

Requirements

1-2 years of technical experience in the production industry.
Experience with event media playback technology.
Experience in streaming player technologies and frameworks.
Experience with Azure Media Services.
Experience with captioning formats for live broadcast, web delivery, on-demand, and in-room displays.
Understanding of digital media artifacts and their likely causes / solutions.
Proficiency with digital streaming file formats (wrappers) including Smooth, HLS, Flash, DASH, mp4.
Proficiency in digital media fundamentals (frame rates, bandwidth, progressive vs. interlaced, aspect ratios, frame size, resolution, sample rates, time code, etc.).
Basic editing knowledge (trimming, fades, audio syncing).
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) operational understanding.
Familiarity with video transmission technologies and equipment including fiber encoders / decoders, Satellite dishes and receivers, RTMP, transport streams.
An understanding of broadcast transmission environments, equipment and infrastructure.
Able to quickly isolate issues in a video signal path.
Experience working with data networks.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Content Delivery Network Configuration and Management.
Transmission Design, Diagramming and Management (Visio) skills.
Resource and Communication Management experience for live workflows.
Testing experience/lab work related to new media technologies, services, and solutions.
Understanding of satellite transmission and downlink processes.
On-Demand Media Content Publishing experience.
Signal QC, Testing, Monitoring and Troubleshooting best practices.
Involvement with DDR Playback Software and VTR Operation (Record, Playback).
Involvement in Web Delivery Technologies (HTML5, MMP/Azure, Flash, DRM, etc.).
Familiarity with Encoder / Decoder maintenance.
Broadcast Playout System Management (Miranda ITX) experience.

Responsibilities

Schedule and facilitate setup and operation of live events with captioning, transmission, tape operation and streaming components.
Work daily with Dream Catcher or EVS record/playback systems.
Configure broadcast equipment such as Haivision, LiveU, Fiber for use, test and maintain as process dictates.
Up to date knowledge and support of the Webcasting and Transmission business lines.