Communications Engineer - NBC Sports

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Job Description
The Communications Engineer fills a crucial role in supporting day-to-day intercom communication needs of remote productions, remote intercom users, remote facilities and Olympics as well as remote support of the Stamford Sports facility.
Responsibilities:

• Travel to remote cities and productions when necessary to support and operate intercom-based Communications.
• Provide from-home support for remote productions as well as remote users of intercom hardware.
• Participate in the planning and design of the communication needs for remote productions as well as our Stamford Production Facility.
• Perform system level troubleshooting of remote facilities and mobile units, including but not limited to, communications systems, studio equipment, audio equipment, network technology and related systems associated with those areas.
• Interface with Operations and Production personnel to ensure their communications needs are being met and understood while defining and implementing technical solutions to meet production initiatives.
• Provide from-home and sometimes in-person Operational communications support for productions produced from our Stamford Sports Facility.
• Travel to Olympic cities as part of the NBC Olympics Comms team to launch and support Remote intercom communications for the NBC Olympics.

Qualifications
Basic Requirements:

• Minimum five (5) years of recent experience in a television broadcast environment or combination of education/experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of recent experience with RTS Matrix-based intercoms.
• Thorough understanding and experience with RTS ADAM, ODIN, Trunking, RVON and OMNEO technologies is a must.
• Thorough understanding of audio processing, signal flow, both analog and digital including but not limited to MADI, Dante, AES-67, ST-2110 and VoIP technologies.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with the programming and management of RTS ADAM and ODIN Matrix intercoms. This includes working with RTS applications AZedit, IPedit, TrunkEdit, Trunk Supervisor and ResEdit.
• Solid understanding of Network (IT) components, topology and function is a must.
• Ability to read and understand system signal flow diagrams.
• Knowledge of general audio and video for teleproduction technologies and processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Position requires a cool, levelheaded individual who works well under the pressures of "live" television.
• Hands-on, problem-solving skills with broadcast-related equipment and systems.
• Understanding of the urgent needs of the on-air Sports environment; ability to stay focused and productive in a fast-paced environment with constantly changing assignments.
• Ability to support 24x7 production environment.
• Strong customer focus.
• The ability to work alone and in a team environment with fellow engineers, Operations, IT and other departments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication as well as diplomacy skills.
• Extensive travel will be required when supporting remote productions on-site. Traveling work would account for approximately 50-70% of this position.

Desired Characteristics:

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Process-oriented and able to apply structure to complex problems.
• Customer-focused and have the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical groups.
• Works well with little supervision at times.
• Self-starter

Additional Requirements:

• Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.
• Willingness to travel and work overtime and on weekends with short notice.
• Willingness to work extended shifts on short notice to cover live sports productions and system maintenance and support.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• It is the policy of NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal' s affiliated businesses to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee's residence.
• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $60- $72.50 per hour.
• We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

Additional Information
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