QC Technician

Deluxe•Burbank, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

A Quality Control Technician's (QC Tech) principal responsibility is to evaluate Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs). This is a union-based position. It is also 100% onsite at our Burbank and Hollywood office locations.

Requirements

3-5 years quality control experience in the entertainment industry
Working knowledge of both OSX and Windows and a fundamental understanding of audio, video, and film
Must be organized, diligent, and detail-oriented and possess strong written and verbal communication skills
Duties require a very focused and detailed attention to audio, video, and film impairments and artifacts
Capable of working in a fast-paced environment with hard deadlines
Ability to make frequent "subjective" decisions as part of their daily function to determine the "severity rating" for quality defects, determining which defects are acceptable, etc.

Nice To Haves

Flexibility to work extended hours to meet project deadlines

Responsibilities

In order to prepare for quality control screenings, the QC Technician ensures that the screening environment complies with required security protocols and ensures proper setup of the screening environment by performing technical procedures, play back DCPs to determine whether they pass or fail acceptable delivery requirements, and provides an administrative report of their findings to all applicable parties.
Conducting Audio/Video/subtitle evaluations for all content
Checking audio sync, subtitle/caption sync and positioning
Following proper escalation of room and equipment issue
Verifying KDM (Key Delivery Message) validity against the DCP to be evaluated
Verifying DCP metadata against work order requirements
D-Cinema setup of playback server, projector, audio configuration and 3D system
External captioning device setup
Ensuring screening environment complies with required security protocols
Logging data regarding QC evaluations
Notification of QC flagged items
Completing tasks in database