Engineer in Charge 

at EOS (View all jobs)

Menlo Park, CA - Onsite

WHO WE ARE:

EOS IT Solutions is a Global Technology and Logistics company, providing Collaboration and Business IT Support services to some of the world’s largest industry leaders, delivering forward-thinking solutions based on multi-domain architecture. Customer satisfaction and commitment to superior quality of service are our top business priorities, along with investing in and supporting our partners and employees.

We are a true International IT provider and are proud to deliver our services through global simplicity with trusted transparency.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Engineer in Charge will provide broadcast engineering level expertise to the executive production group, with a focus on Onsite Production Infrastructure. Provide a bridge between Operations and Design teams to successfully deploy the best equipment solutions and configurations for High Impact events. Solve complex one-time broadcast problems, then scale those solutions to teams globally.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• High-level Broadcast Engineering support for Event spaces and Studios dedicated to executives for a well known Fortune 50 company. Role entails broadcast equipment lifecycle and design considerations, as well as Live Event Support.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of A/V Broadcast and Studio to operate equipment for Live events including video routing, IP audio, fiber optic signal transmission and video encoding.
• Interface with various cross functional teams to meet tight deadlines. (Design, Deployment, Operations and Commissioning, Onsite and Offsite Production, Executive, etc.) 
• Work with deployment engineers on CAD and Design drawings, and BOM review of both new build and retrofit projects. Able to draft simple design considerations for improvement of the current venue space and specialty spaces 
• Work as a bridge between Executive Support, Technical Producer and Onsite Production.
• Liaison with Vendors to assure completion of projects to specification as well as real world workflows.
• Demonstrates a consideration for Network security as it relates to onsite infrastructure and virtual cloud-based production environments when deploying new solutions.
• Understand project designs and provide status updates, as well as identify gaps in the project delivery program based on day to day operational use cases and take appropriate action to mitigate.
• Create analysis or comparison reports based on research results, demos, proof of concept and test findings.
• Ability to resolve recurring issues through root cause analysis. 
• Knowledge of product lifecycles and ability to suggest replacement models for consideration. 
• Provide successful solutions or workarounds to fleet wide escalations in real time.
• Ability to evaluate new products and provide design documentation for implementation and testing.
• Work with the Technical Director to operationally execute events, creating new workflows with existing equipment where required.
• Able to write SOP’s for new equipment and workflows as they are developed.

Accommodate the changing needs of executive production, helping to adapt various venues and spaces to suit the needs of live event broadcasts. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: 

• 5 years working knowledge of audio-visual equipment including lighting, sound, video recording and data projection along with experience with the technical challenges and problem-solving needs in an event production environment. 
• Knowledge of technical event support system architectures and troubleshooting. 
• Must be responsive, efficient, have excellent customer interaction, and exhibit a high level of professionalism. 
• Ability to motivate and focus cross functional teams to reach challenging goals. 
• Good organization and time management skills with proven ability to manage multiple priorities at one time. 
• Be eligible, willing and able to work and travel when required. 
• Good written and verbal communication skills. 
• Be a motivated team player.
• Comfortable working with Executives in event production environments.

Pay Range

$100,000—$115,000 USD