Senior Systems Engineer

Sinclair Broadcast Group • Hunt Valley, MD

12h • $105,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join the ONE Media Lab team. As a Systems Engineer, you will help innovate, build, and support our rapidly expanding next generation IP broadcast platform. This is an on-site position in our Hunt Valley office.

Requirements

• BS degree or equivalent experience
• 5 plus years of experience with broadcast TV systems and air chain equipment
• 5 plus years of team leadership experience.
• Experience with the ATSC 3 standard.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Working Knowledge with HEVC, AVC, MPEG-2, Dash, HLS and HDR
• Experience with installing, configuring, and troubleshooting in Linux/Unix and Android environment.
• Experience with video streaming technology (e.g., MPEG Dash, HLS, MSS and RTSP)
• Must be proficient with scripting languages such as Python and Perl.
• Working knowledge of public/private key infrastructure (PKI).
• Ability to troubleshoot, install, and maintain IP network.
• Working experience with sniffer tools such as Wireshark, SolarWindows, PRTG or similar

Nice To Haves

• Experience with virtualization and containerization (VMware, Virtual Box).
• Experience with LTE, 5G, Bluetooth and other wireless technologies

Responsibilities

• Support Sinclair’s ATSC 3 and mobile initiatives
• Support verification and validation testing of receivers and broadcast technologies
• Participate and contribute to the ONE Media Lab innovation and ideation pipeline.
• Develop requirements and acceptance plans for qualifying software and station equipment.
• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software, virtual machines, and management tools to keep lab servers/ broadcast air chains up to date.
• Lead rapid prototype development projects and conduct demonstrations.
• Develop, maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies for the Lab.
• Support plug-fests, interop events and integration in the lab
• Participate and support technology demonstrations at key events (NAB, CES, etc.)
• Participate in standards and other industry alignment activities.
• Support other ONE Media initiatives.

Benefits

• participation in a retirement plan
• life and disability insurance
• health, dental and vision plans
• flexible spending accounts
• 15 paid vacation days
• 2 paid personal days
• 9 paid holidays
• 40 hours of paid sick leave
• parental leave
• employee stock purchase plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees