Lead AV Engineer

Humana • Louisville, KY

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About The Position

The Lead AV Engineer is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving enterprise audiovisual (AV) engineering standards across meeting spaces, broadcast environments, and collaboration platforms. This role serves as the technical authority for room design, acoustics, AV infrastructure, and lifecycle strategy—ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality user experiences across Zoom Rooms, Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro, Neat, and telephony-integrated environments.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in AV engineering, collaboration technologies, or enterprise AV design
• Deep expertise in AV system design including audio, video, DSP, and control systems
• Experience with Zoom Rooms, Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro, and Neat devices in enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of acoustics, environmental design, and meeting room performance optimization
• Experience with QSC platforms, DSP architecture, and control system integration
• Familiarity with ACPR standards and enterprise AV design frameworks
• Experience leveraging AI-based capabilities for AV monitoring, automation, or enhanced meeting experiences
• Strong vendor management and stakeholder alignment skills in enterprise environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing broadcast or production-grade AV environments
• Industry certifications (CTS, CTS-D, or equivalent)

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise meeting room design standards, including room profiles, layouts, and technology configurations
• Establish and govern standard build matrices across room types (huddle, conference, executive, training, broadcast)
• Lead design reviews for new builds, renovations, and complex AV deployments
• Ensure consistent experience across collaboration platforms and standardized room profiles
• Own acoustical standards including reverberation control, noise isolation, and speech intelligibility targets
• Define requirements for lighting, room geometry, and environmental controls to support high-quality AV performance
• Partner with real estate, construction, and workplace teams to embed AV requirements early in design and build processes
• Own the approved AV hardware portfolio (cameras, microphones, DSPs, displays, control systems, peripherals)
• Drive standardization and certification across Neat, Zoom Rooms, Teams Rooms Pro, and integrated AV systems
• Establish platform standards for QSC ecosystems, DSP architectures, and control system frameworks
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive roadmap evolution across AV hardware and software platforms
• Define and manage hardware and platform lifecycle strategy including refresh cycles, EOL/EOS planning, and risk-based replacement
• Maintain portfolio health, standardization targets, asset governance, and capacity planning inputs
• Partner with finance and procurement to align lifecycle plans with budget and long-range strategy
• Establish and govern AV release management processes (firmware, platform updates, configurations, integrations)
• Validate compatibility across platforms, devices, and room configurations; prevent regressions and service interruptions
• Partner with operations to ensure controlled deployment and production stability
• Lead architecture and standards for broadcast, streaming, and high-production AV environments (studios, auditoriums, executive broadcasts)
• Define requirements for cameras, audio processing, lighting, switching, and encoding technologies
• Ensure systems support enterprise-scale live events and executive communications
• Serve as engineering lead for vendor and integrator relationships, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards and outcomes
• Define technical requirements within RFPs and SOWs; validate vendor designs and enforce adherence to standards
• Establish strong vendor management practices including performance tracking, SLA governance, and continuous improvement
• Drive commercial and technical accountability across AV vendors to optimize cost, quality, and delivery execution
• Align AV room strategy with enterprise telephony and meeting platforms
• Ensure seamless integration across Zoom Phone, Teams Phone, and room systems
• Drive consistency in user experience and interoperability across platforms

Benefits

• Generous PTO package
• Health benefits effective day 1
• Annual Incentive Plan
• 401K - Excellent company match
• Well-being program
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

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