Broadcast Engineer

Aeg - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Entry Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Broadcast Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring high-quality audio and video production for the Oklahoma City Thunder's home games, press conferences, and special events. This collaborative position involves supporting the production control room, maintaining the arena's broadcast infrastructure, and ensuring seamless connectivity for regional sports networks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical and transmission needs for home and visiting radio and television production teams
• Conduct routine checks, maintenance, and arrange equipment repairs
• Set up and oversee the technical requirements for streaming events
• Oversee broadcast connectivity in the arena, test systems, and document or arrange repairs as needed
• Perform signal and source routing throughout the broadcast facility
• Ensure local, regional, and national broadcasts have the correct circuits and shared resources for production and transmission
• Verify show transmission with local and regional TV networks
• Learn and follow NBA Broadcasting procedures and standards
• Contribute to broadcast infrastructure project designs and implementation
• Provide technical support for non-game events, such as press conferences and team events
• Maintain records of hardware, software, equipment configurations, repairs, and upgrades
• Build relationships with visiting engineers, manufacturers representatives, integrators, and technical staff
• Support the Broadcasting team with additional technical, broadcast, and audio-visual (AV) tasks as needed
• Carry out all tasks in accordance with established industry standards and broadcast regulations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, Media, or equivalent experience in broadcast television and AV engineering
• Proven experience in maintaining and troubleshooting video production facilities
• Proficient with live television equipment: cameras, production switchers, video servers, graphics systems, routing systems, intercoms, signal testing, broadcast cabling, and replay systems
• Strong understanding of audio systems: live mixing, audio processing, transport, system equalization, and measurement
• Familiar with Internet Protocol (IP) and Local Area Networking (LAN)
• Experience with Ross production switcher, Evertz Routing & Dream Catcher, Ross Xpression, Click FX, Riedel Intercom, Grass Valley cameras & camera control units (CCUs), Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI) and Audio Engineering Society Standard for Audio over IP and Interoperability (AES67), and Dante audio
• Knowledge of LED video display technology (Daktronics systems knowledge preferred)
• Ability to analyze problems, determine solutions, alternatives, assess consequences, and implement recommendations

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401k with matching funds
• Paid downtown parking
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee ticket options
• Family gym membership subsidy
• Parental leave
• Team shop discount