Video Engineer

Seeking a Video Engineer to support the Compression team who is responsible for the entire video encoding and multiplexing infrastructure and constantly works to ensure our content quality meets or exceeds specifications. At the heart of the broadcast center, Compression works across multiple departments to resolve concerns with audio and video quality, signal handling, encryption, specialized hardware and transmission. Compression is apt for someone who embraces new and specialized technologies, thrives on the improvement and sharing of knowledge, and seeks out unique challenges. Working in Compression requires a tenacious, detail oriented person who is willing to work shifts to support our 24 hour services.

Assist compression engineers in the maintenance of all compression systems at the uplink facility

Maintain, monitor, and configure MPEG content in a multi-channel broadcast environment.

Manage networks controlling, monitoring, and distributing digitally encoded audio/video content.

Evaluate and troubleshoot the transmission of digital video signals across local and wide area networks utilizing TCP/IP and fiber networks.

Help complete daily activity reports and maintain department documentation.

This position requires shift work.

Required Qualifications

Basic Requirements:
2 or more years IT or video systems experience or an Associate’s Degree (AAS) or equivalent from a two year college or technical school

2 or more years of experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.

2 or more years of experience with networking protocols to include TCP/IP, BOOTP, TFTP.

Must be U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident as position requires access to U.S. export restricted materials (ITAR)

Essential Qualifications: Must be able to perform the following with or without reasonable accommodation:

Work rotating shifts to support 24x7x365 environment according to the needs of the business.

Communicate via 2-way radio and respond to audible alerts

Will need to be able to lift 50 pounds alone and be able to carry equipment up and down ladders

Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with digital video routing systems.

Moderate experience with RF modulation schemes to include, QPSK and 8PSK.

Experience with professional digital video encoding equipment.

Required Skills