The Principal Broadcast Engineer will spearhead the studio engineering efforts of our burgeoning Live Production Technical Operations team. This role will collaborate closely with our Operations & Strategy teams to conceptualize, implement, and maintain cutting-edge, complex physical and cloud-based production systems in our Herald Square studio.
What you'll do
- Lead the Technical Operations team in designing, deploying, and maintaining physical studio and cloud-based production systems to create and scale "best-in-class" broadcast experiences.
- Responsible for cross-team information sharing and technical training for all new operating systems and technical solutions.
- Responsible for technical broadcast planning including the following: Configuring and maintaining SDI video sources and distribution infrastructure and other production systems and equipment, network planning (acquisition, capacity, routing), encoder validation (transport stream validation, CBR, etc), lead test broadcasts, design contingency/redundancy planning for all top-tier streams.
- Collaborating with & providing consultation to Amazon Live Product Team and Amazon Live Production (studio ops, post-production, creative services, producers, etc) on new workflows and features to integrate new production systems
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- Experience working at a TV Network, broadcaster, or an online streaming platform, specializing in digital video delivery or streaming media technologies
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
- 10+ years of broadcast and network engineering experience, including studio engineering, physical production equipment (switchers, routers, audio boards), plus IP and streaming protocols (SRT, RTMP, HLS)
