Production Technologies - Imaging & Sound
Netflix
Los Angeles, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/20/2018 5:12:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Netflix is the leading provider of streaming video content, a lot of it original content: features, shorts, series, documentaries, comedy specials and unscripted content.
About the team:
The Creative Technologies & Infrastructure team sets technical requirements and best practices for our Original content. We collaborate with the cinema & broadcast industries on the creation of new standards, consult on our studio's technical infrastructure, and explore advanced developments in professional and consumer technology. We are subject matter experts who offer varied yet overlapping backgrounds in motion picture production, post-production and distribution - image science, editorial, color correction, image capture, encoding, compression, storage, exhibition, video, audio... Everyday, we collaborate with colleagues in our production, post-production, distribution, marketing, facilities and development teams.
As Netflix creates more and more programming around the world leveraging new video and audio production technology, we are scaling to continue to foster industry-wide change.
About You:
Your enthusiasm for working on Professional Video and Audio Technologies is matched by your desire to bring order to a fast paced and changing environment. You derive great satisfaction out of determining root causes of problems, correcting them and documenting the solutions for others to share. You care about the people you work with and enjoy exchanging insights and expressing appreciation for them in a free and honest atmosphere. You can give and welcome constructive criticism with your colleagues, as it applies to the common goals of the team and Netflix as a whole. You communicate clearly in both written and verbal form, taking the time to express ideas concisely. You also read and listen carefully in support of optimal comprehension. You like an organized work environment. ''A place for everything, everything in its place'' is a familiar old adage that you take to heart.
Responsibilities:
• Create technical documentation for various professional AV rooms where critical viewing is conducted.
• Devise and perform wiring, patching and software configuration modifications to AV infrastructure as required to meet changing requirements.
• Configure devices from vendors that will be under test or evaluation by the Creative Technologies Team.
• Oversee and manage projects performed by third party vendors such as wiring crews and installers, ensuring that projects are carried out to completion in a timely manner.
• Perform triage on technology issues that arise so that appropriate teams can be brought in to consult when needed.
• Maintain adequate supplies of technical equipment in support of our Infrastructure team.
• Act as a liaison to other technical teams to communicate requirements and foster alignment, especially on cross-functional projects.
• Calibrate consumer and professional displays per Netflix standards.
Requirements:
• Five years prior experience in a support role for a production facility, broadcaster or post production facility.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills in the realm of Audio, Video, Storage, and Networking.
• Ability to gather requirements from multiple stakeholders and to summarize in a project plan.
• Excellent organizational skills that can bring order to a highly dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with audio, video and data communications protocols as standardized by IETF, SMPTE and AES
• Display calibration experience preferably with CalMAN or equivalent software
• CAD software experience such as VISIO or Autocad required in support of documentation.
• Competency with command line interfaces such as UNIX.