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About The Position

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in television broadcast engineering, media technology, or a closely related technical field.
• Experience leading or supervising technical staff.
• Working knowledge of television broadcast systems, RF transmission, studio and newsroom technologies, automation, IP-based media workflows, and applicable FCC and EAS requirements.
• Experience planning technical projects, managing budgets and vendors, prioritizing equipment lifecycle needs, and coordinating work across departments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems, make sound decisions under deadline pressure, and explain technical issues to technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Ability to support live operations and occasional nights, weekends, holidays, or emergencies as station needs require.
• Education, training, or experience in broadcast engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, electronics, or a related field; qualifying backgrounds may include a college degree, trade school diploma, professional certificates, military training, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with broadcast automation, IP video and audio, streaming, cloud or hybrid media systems, cybersecurity practices, and emergency planning.
• Relevant certifications such as SBE.
• Related military experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the station’s engineering team, including staffing, scheduling, AI adoption and implementation, performance feedback, technical training, and on-call coverage.
• Set engineering work priorities and service standards, build cross-department relationships, and clearly communicate technical issues and their operational impact.
• Partner with the General Manager and station leaders to align technology plans with local journalism, production, business needs, and Hearst Television standards.
• Oversee reliability, maintenance, troubleshooting, and lifecycle planning for broadcast, newsroom, production, automation, master control, media storage, network, streaming, and transmission systems.
• Maintain transmission and RF facilities, studios, control rooms, remote production equipment, and supporting infrastructure such as generators, UPS, and HVAC systems.
• Provide engineering leadership during live programming, breaking news, severe weather, outages, and other urgent events; coordinate response, recovery, and follow-up.
• Ensure FCC, EAS, and other applicable regulatory and industry obligations are met, including records, testing, inspections, and corrective actions.
• Maintain preventive maintenance, equipment inventory, technical documentation, safety practices, emergency preparedness, backup power, and disaster recovery plans.
• Coordinate with Hearst Television and enterprise IT partners on cybersecurity, network resilience, access practices, and business continuity for station systems.
• Develop and manage operating and capital budgets, equipment replacement plans, vendor relationships, service contracts, and engineering projects from proposal through implementation.
• Evaluate and implement improvements to IP-based workflows, automation, cloud or hybrid services, streaming, and other emerging technologies while maintaining reliable on-air operations.
• Use approved AI tools where appropriate to support technical research, summarize logs or documentation, identify workflow improvements, and organize maintenance or project information; verify outputs and follow company data requirements.
• Review significant technical incidents, identify root causes, document corrective actions, and apply lessons learned to improve reliability.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Emotional wellness support.
• Paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• LGBTQ+ health services.
• Additional benefits to meet employees’ and their families’ needs.