Description
Design, install, and maintain RF, studio, and IP-based broadcast systems to acquire, process, and transmit audio and video for radio and television. Monitor and optimize signal quality and reliability from source to transmitter, ensure FCC compliance, and provide technical leadership for live and remote productions.
- • Maintain transmitter, EAS, and engineering logs to meet FCC and station requirements.
- • Configure, calibrate, and monitor audio processing and loudness control.
- • Monitor, analyze, and optimize RF, baseband, and IP signal paths; resolve impairments.
- • Calibrate video levels, color, and timing using waveform/vectorscope and test gear.
- • Collaborate with operations to verify correct routing, levels, and on-air readiness.
- • Validate automation/playout schedules, storage, and ingest workflows before air.
- • Configure and manage baseband/IP routing, intercom, and sync/reference systems.
- • Diagnose faults, perform emergency repairs, and coordinate vendor service.
- • Maintain and align transmitters, exciters, antennas, STL/microwave links, and satellite systems.
- • Engineer contingency switching and disaster-recovery workflows to protect air.
- • Design, build, and document studios, control rooms, racks, power, grounding, and cabling.
- • Train staff on technical systems, SOPs, and best practices.
- • Plan maintenance windows and change control to minimize on-air impact.
- • Support and maintain NLE, media asset management, and codec/transcode standards.
- • Serve as engineer-in-charge for live productions and remotes; support field transmission.
- • Specify and deploy audio infrastructure, mic placement strategies, and IFB/comm systems.
- • Design and integrate custom broadcast workflows; produce as-builts and schematics.
- • Prepare engineering reports, maintenance records, root-cause analyses, and project plans.
- • Consult with production and news teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- • Monitor and log transmitter parameters; verify remote control and tower light alarms.
- • Configure, maintain, and secure broadcast IT systems, servers, and networks.
- • Install, wire, terminate, and test new equipment; perform preventive maintenance.
- • Manage file-based deliveries and transcodes to meet delivery specifications.
- • Plan on-call rotations, vendor visits, and capital project schedules.
- • Manage software and firmware updates, licenses, and backups.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
