Audio/Visual Media Engineer

This is a Full Time Job

The Media Engineer is a member of the Information Technology team and is responsible for operating, supporting, troubleshooting, and scaling all things Audio/Visual to support the needs of Skydance. The Media Engineer is responsible for managing the post-production capable theaters on campus as well as the conference room and AV systems. Skydance seeks an individual passionate about movies, television, and gaming to ensure the presentations of that content are consistently at the highest quality.

Responsibilities
• Maintain and handle various stakeholder screenings in the post-production capable screening room, a state of the art projection Atmos theater with diverse sources, color spaces, and settings
• Maintain wide variety of AV/Multi-Media/Video Tele-Conferencing solutions and standards including control systems, collaboration systems, and streaming
• Collaborate with Media Engineers from other divisions to determine standards, needs, and staying abreast of Production's needs
• Work with AV contractor(s) in the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products
• Interpret facility and AV/MM drawings, specifications, and other related documents from architects and AV contractors
• Manage daily activities of configuration and operation of AV/MM/VTC and provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial
• Provide assistance to studio users in accessing and using AV/MM/VTC systems, especially in-advance of and during Presentation and review meetings
• Document hardware and software configuration management processes/procedures and operational guides
• Design, document, and develop code for programmable devices while streamlining control system interfaces to be fully automated and maximize user experience
• Conduct analysis on AV/MM/VTC systems by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be integrated, and reliable
• Communicate with other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
• Analyze hardware systems, hardware design, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues
• Develop costing proposals working with IT leadership and the program manager
• Acts as equipment custodian and performs inventory asset management and accountability functions
• Implement hardware and software version control processes, policies and procedures
• Execute AV/MM installation schedules based upon equipment delivery, integration complexity, and customer priorities

Requirements
• 3-5 years of experience in an enterprise-level technology environment
• 2 years of experience in IT support of non-technical users
• Demonstrated ability to positively and professionally interact with frustrated users; excellent communication skills with both technical and artistic groups
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and tenaciously solve unfamiliar problems
• Ability to read AV system drawings
• Experience with screening rooms, collaborative media environments, video conference, multi-site media-review systems
• Experience with Analog, SDI and HD SDI signal processing and conversion
• Experience with scalable video coding, compression and decompression techniques, and encoding/decoding of TV standards such as ATSC, QAM, NTSC, PAL
• Experience with Crestron environments and code
• Experience with HD/SD broadcast equipment (switchers, cameras, etc.)
• Integration of audio and video teleconferencing systems
• Installation and maintenance of IP based television
• Operation of audio mixers and wired/wireless microphone systems and configurations
• Must be able to stand, kneel and/or crouch for long periods of time; climb ladders and scaffolding; lift in excess of 50 pounds; work in high places, as well as small cramped places
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk products, Zoom, Avid, Shotgun, Foundry Flix, and Animation/VFX applications a plus
• Experience in the Visual Effects, Animation, or media and entertainment industries a plus

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