Broadcast Engineer

Gravity Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity Media is seeking an experienced broadcast engineer to join the Technology team, based at our cutting-edge Olympia facility in West London with some travel to other sites. You will support day-to-day technical operations across on-site and remote productions, ensuring high-quality broadcast delivery.

You will work with live and post-production workflows, UHD/HDR environments, and cloud-based platforms, contributing to design, testing, and configuration changes while collaborating with IT

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a broadcast engineering or media systems engineering role within live and/or post-production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ultra HD and HDR standards and workflows.
• Experience working with cloud-based broadcast platforms and virtualisation technologies.
• Confidence troubleshooting complex systems both onsite and remotely.
• Experience implementing broadcast infrastructure upgrades and system refreshes.
• Familiarity with ITSM or ticketing systems for managing incidents and technical work.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts in plain language.

Responsibilities

• Support and operate on-premise and cloud-based broadcast infrastructure and services.
• Work across live and post-production workflows, including Ultra HD and HDR environments.
• Monitor and optimise IP-based media networks, collaborating with IT teams on multicast, QoS, and resilience.
• Contribute to the design, testing, and improvement of IP-based broadcast workflows, including ST-2110 and NMOS.
• Provide hands-on technical support during service-impacting incidents, including live broadcast events.
• Investigate faults, implement fixes, and document outcomes clearly.
• Use ITSM or ticketing systems to track incidents, planned work, and follow-up actions.
• Support disaster recovery planning and testing activities.
• Implement broadcast infrastructure upgrades, technical refreshes, and configuration changes.
• Participate in technical projects, including design input, implementation, testing, and documentation.
• Maintain accurate and accessible technical documentation such as system configurations, diagrams, and operating procedures.
• Contribute to change management processes to ensure changes are planned, tested, and communicated.
• Work closely with production colleagues, both onsite and remotely, to support broadcast output.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to resolve issues and maintain services.
• Communicate technical information clearly to non-technical colleagues when needed.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

Tools

ST-2110 & NMOS networks

Ross Ultrix

EVS Cerebrum

VizMOSart

TAGMultiviewers

EVS XT VIA Servers

Job description

Gravity Media deliver an unparalleled range of media services and solutions to clients worldwide utilising outside broadcast trucks, fly-packs and studios spanning the United Kingdom, ROI, Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Australia offering market-leading broadcast, technology, production, and post-production solutions across many of the world’s most-watched live events and entertainment programmes.

OUR PEOPLE

We have a passion for problem solving and thoughtful innovationandrecogniseour collective differences play a huge roleour success.Our teams aretalented,passionate, dedicated,take pride in their work and support each other. Weencourage applications from allbackgroundsandare dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture.All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.

LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS

We holdhigh expectationsof our leaders and managers whoare responsible fordriving the success of our people and the organisation. Our managers give clear communication,leadby example and feed back to foster growth and development of their team members. Management excellence is essential to the company’s success, and effective leadership requires a combination of interpersonal skills, strategic thinking, and a commitment to providing a positive and productive work environment.

COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

Gravity Media is an equal opportunityemployerand we welcome a diverse range of applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. If you needassistanceor an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide suchassistance, and no applicant will be penalizedas a result ofsuch a request.

ABOUT THE ROLE

A BRIEF SUMMARY

Join the Gravity Media Technology team, in partnership with our clients, Premier League Studios,predominantly basedat their newcutting-edgebroadcast facility in Olympia, but with some travel to other sites including our remote broadcast centre in West London. Part of a new automationled,technologically advanced way of delivering the highest quality broadcast services.

Remote production is central to what we do, and our engineers are a key technical link between production teams, galleries, outside broadcasts and distribution partners.

You’llbe part of a small, supportive team responsible for day-to-day technical operations and broadcast workflows across the facility and our remote productions. We value collaboration, clear communication, and thoughtful problem-solving environments.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Support and operateon-premiseand cloud-based broadcast infrastructure and services.
• Work across live and post-production workflows, including Ultra HD and HDR environments.
• Monitor and optimise IP-based media networks, collaborating with IT teams on multicast, QoS, and resilience.
• Contribute to the design, testing, and improvement of IP-based broadcast workflows, including ST-2110 and NMOS.

Incident response & service reliability

• Provide hands-on technical support during service-impacting incidents, including live broadcast events.
• Investigate faults, implement fixes, and document outcomes clearly.
• Use ITSM or ticketing systems to track incidents, planned work, and follow-up actions.
• Support disaster recovery planning and testing activities.
• Implement broadcast infrastructure upgrades, technical refreshes, and configuration changes.
• Participate in technical projects, including design input, implementation, testing, and documentation.
• Maintainaccurateand accessible technical documentation such as system configurations, diagrams, and operating procedures.
• Contribute to change management processes to ensure changes are planned, tested, and communicated.
• Work closely with production colleagues, both onsite and remotely, to support broadcast output.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to resolve issues andmaintainservices.
• Communicate technical information clearly to non-technical colleagues when needed.

All employees are expected to contribute andparticipatein work activities in line with our management system to ensure the continual improvement of our business.

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IFYOU HAVE

• Proven experience in a broadcast engineering or media systems engineering role within live and/or post-production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ultra HD and HDR standards and workflows.
• Experience working with cloud-based broadcast platforms and virtualisation technologies.
• Confidence troubleshooting complex systems both onsite and remotely.
• Experience implementing broadcast infrastructure upgrades and system refreshes.
• Familiarity with ITSM or ticketing systems for managing incidents and technical work.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts in plain language.

Core technologies

You should be able todemonstratehands-on experience with several of the following:

• ST-2110 & NMOS networks (including Arista fabric and EVS endpoints)
• Ross Ultrix platform and Carbonite switchers
• EVS Cerebrum
• VizMosart
• TAGMultiviewers
• EVS XT VIA Servers

Additionaltechnologies (nice to have)

Experience with one or more of the following would be beneficial, but is notrequired:

• Fonn Saga and Mimir
• QvestQuib