Senior AV Broadcast Engineer

Forte•Eden Prairie, MN

About The Position

The Senior AV Broadcast Engineer designs comprehensive broadcast solutions for enterprise customers, supporting work from sales engineering and systems design through workflow development, commissioning, acceptance testing, and end-user training. The role provides technical expertise for the architecture, installation, and planning of audio, video, and control solutions. The engineer produces high-quality technical documentation, including CAD drawings, system descriptions, equipment research and selection, product designs, and system integration plans. The position also involves researching hardware and software capabilities, preparing rough-order-of-magnitude pricing and development plans, designing integrated audiovisual systems around customer needs, building quotes and bills of materials, and supporting projects and the team during implementation. National travel to customer sites is required.

Requirements

At least five years of experience in an A/V technical position or live production technical environment.
Experience in broadcast, television, or control-room settings for live events.
Experience with government productions, such as town halls, city hall productions, or judicial productions.
Strong working knowledge of broadcast signal workflows and signal types, with strong signal-pathway diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of broadcast industry standards and technologies.
Experience with IP-based video transport technologies and networking protocols.
Experience with control and automation systems.
Knowledge of current industry trends and best practices in broadcast and AV technologies.
Ability to work independently, be self-directed, and make sound decisions based on customer satisfaction.
Communication and customer-relations skills.
Knowledge and ability to design broadcast systems spanning multiple standards and protocols, including SDI, NDI, SMPTE 2110, Dante, and AES67.
Experience designing and deploying shared editing storage and asset management solutions.
Ability to design, program, and configure broadcast switching, replay, routing, intercom, and audio solutions.
Knowledge of software, cloud, remote, and file-based production workflows.
Ability and willingness to travel nationally to customer sites.

Nice To Haves

Broadcast and/or AV industry certifications.
Experience as a Technical Director or Engineer-in-Charge (EIC) for production.
Experience in VR, AR, and XR system design.
Experience in sports and eSports broadcasting.
Experience in general AV design.
AutoCAD skills.
IP network design and/or IP network provisioning specific to AV and broadcast applications.

Responsibilities

Design comprehensive broadcast solutions for enterprise customers.
Provide sales engineering, systems design, workflow development, system commissioning, acceptance testing, and end-user training.
Provide technical expertise for the architecture, installation, and planning of audio, video, and control solutions.
Prepare high-quality documentation in accordance with Technical Services Standards, including CAD flows, plans, elevations, and details, as well as system descriptions.
Research equipment and hardware and software capabilities; select equipment and develop customer product designs and system integrations.
Develop rough-order-of-magnitude pricing and project development plans for clients.
Design integrated audiovisual systems that meet customers’ specific needs.
Build quotes and bills of materials for client proposals.
Support projects and the team throughout implementation.
Travel nationally to customer sites.