Workplace AV Engineer

Versant•New York, NY

1d•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As an A/V Engineer, you will be a technical owner and subject-matter expert for VERSANT’s enterprise audio/visual, telepresence, and workplace experience systems. Reporting into the Workplace Engineering Manager, Unified Communications (UComm), this role is responsible for designing, standardizing, and evolving the technologies that shape how employees navigate, collaborate, and engage within VERSANT offices. You will lead the technical design of conference rooms, collaboration spaces, executive environments, and large-format A/V installations, while also owning the engineering standards for digital signage, wayfinding systems, and workplace seating displays. This role is expected to define repeatable, scalable patterns that integrate A/V, collaboration platforms, and physical workplace experiences. You will play a central role in delivering the state-of-the-art workplace technology experience for VERSANT’s new HQ, establishing room typologies, device standards, signage architectures, and integration models that will be replicated across 20+ global locations. You will collaborate closely with UComm, Network Engineering, Workplace Product & Operations, Facilities, and Cyber Security to ensure these systems are secure by design, resilient, and operationally sound.

Requirements

Significant experience designing and supporting enterprise A/V and workplace technology environments at scale
Deep hands-on expertise with conference room and telepresence systems, including Zoom Rooms and Zoom-integrated A/V solutions
Experience with executive boardrooms and large-format collaboration spaces
Strong experience evaluating, selecting, and standardizing A/V hardware and control systems, including cameras, microphones, speakers, DSPs, codecs, room controllers, and displays
Experience designing and supporting digital signage and wayfinding systems, including lobby and campus displays, room scheduling and seating visualization, and integration with workplace platforms and data sources
Solid understanding of network architecture as it relates to A/V and signage, including QoS, VLAN design, bandwidth planning, latency, and redundancy
Close collaboration with network teams on transport dependencies
Proven ability to define repeatable room, signage, and workplace experience standards and deploy them globally
Advanced troubleshooting skills across hardware, software, and network layers
Experience operating in environments with formal security, compliance, and change-management requirements

Nice To Haves

Experience contributing to HQ or flagship office builds used as global reference architectures
Strong understanding of hybrid collaboration and in-office navigation challenges
Security-aware approach to firmware and device lifecycle management, access control and system hardening, and secure integration with collaboration and workplace platforms
Ability to operate with high autonomy, translating architectural direction into technical execution
Strong documentation skills, including room standards, signage patterns, diagrams, and operational handoffs
Comfort mentoring other A/V engineers and serving as a technical escalation point

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design of conference rooms, collaboration spaces, executive environments, and large-format A/V installations.
Own the engineering standards for digital signage, wayfinding systems, and workplace seating displays.
Define repeatable, scalable patterns that integrate A/V, collaboration platforms, and physical workplace experiences.
Establish room typologies, device standards, signage architectures, and integration models for new HQ and global replication.
Collaborate with UComm, Network Engineering, Workplace Product & Operations, Facilities, and Cyber Security to ensure systems are secure, resilient, and operationally sound.
Manage firmware and device lifecycle.
Implement access control and system hardening.
Securely integrate with collaboration and workplace platforms.
Translate architectural direction into technical execution.
Create documentation including room standards, signage patterns, diagrams, and operational handoffs.
Mentor other A/V engineers and serve as a technical escalation point.