Broadcast Engineer, APAC

Bloomberg; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

Bloomberg is seeking a Broadcast Engineer to support live production across APAC from Hong Kong. You will troubleshoot faults, manage tickets, and maintain high service levels for on-air content across TV, radio and digital platforms.

You should bring deep knowledge of broadcast signal flows, cross-platform IT skills, and a proactive, calm approach in high-pressure environments. This role involves flexible hours and collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• High level understanding of analogue and digital audio and video signal flows.
• Experience troubleshooting faults in baseband video signal flows, networking devices, and hardware and software across Windows, MacOS and Linux platforms.
• Ability to react quickly and decisively in a fast-changing environment.
• Demonstrated excellence in customer service and stakeholder communication.
• Familiarity with standard documentation tools such as AutoCAD, Excel, SVN, SharePoint and Confluence.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Broadcast Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Career growth within an organization.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair faults quickly to minimize impact on on-air products.
• Log and update work in the ticketing system.
• Maintain high level of customer service with staff and stakeholders.
• Communicate proactively and work independently or with the team during busy production hours.
• Support design/redesign, installation and integration projects for broadcast infrastructure.
• Handle broadcasting equipment, servers and networking gear.

Skills

Fluent English

Strong communication

Customer service

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Broadcast Engineering or related

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Confluence

SharePoint

SVN

PowerShell

Job description

Broadcast Engineer, APAC

Location

Hong Kong

Business Area

News and Media

Ref #

10054669

Description & Requirements

Smarter, Faster, and as always - First. That's our philosophy. Bloomberg Media empowers global business leaders with breaking news, expert opinion and proprietary data distributed on every platform, across every time zone. Like our products and solutions- our teams are agile, dynamic, and innovative. We work hard, and we work fast - while keeping up the quality and accuracy for which we're known. It's what keeps us inventing and reinventing, all the time. Our culture is wide open, just like our spaces. We challenge each other. And through our countless volunteer projects, we help bring out the best in our communities as around us, too. You can do amazing work here. It's up to you to make it happen.

Around the clock, from around the globe - our Broadcast Engineering team supports live production for television, radio, and digital platforms. You will do much more than keep the lights on - you'll be responsible for supporting state-of-the-art broadcasting infrastructure in bureaus across the APAC region. With over 2,700 news professionals in over 120 countries, we face exciting challenges every minute of every day.

We'll trust you to:

• Troubleshoot and repair faults in a timely manner, to minimize impact to our on-air product. You must react and adapt quickly and decisively in a fast-changing environment.

• Ensure all work is logged and updated using our proprietary ticketing system.

• Maintain an outstanding level of customer service focus whilst dealing with production and operations staff. In stressful situations, you must remain calm and reassure stakeholders with regular updates.

• Have strong communication skills, be proactive and able to work independently in high pressure situations or as part of a team during busier production hours.

• Be comfortable with flexible working hours, which includes being able to work shifts as early as 6:00, weekends and holidays if required.

• Be a self-starter, with a can-do attitude and a passion for our programming and content.

• Participate in technology design/redesign, installation, and integration projects with complex, cutting-edge technology in an increasingly digital environment. This includes broadcast equipment, servers and networking equipment.

You will need to have:

• A high level understanding of analogue and digital audio and video signal flows

• Experience troubleshooting faults in baseband video signal flows, networking devices, and hardware and software across Windows, MacOS and Linux platforms

• Demonstrated ability to react and adapt quickly and decisively in a fast-changing environment

• Proven excellence in customer service, interpersonal and customer-facing skills

• Familiarity with standard shared documentation tools such as AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel, SVN, SharePoint and Confluence

• Fluency in both written and spoken English

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree with a focus on Broadcast Engineering, Media Technology, Computer Science or equivalent work experience

• Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organization

We'd love to see:

• A strong background working in a live TV studio environment covering news

• Knowledge of specialist broadcast equipment such as EVS Neuron Video Routers, Appear/Cobalt Video Codecs, Comrex Audio Codecs, RTS Intercom, Allen&Heath Audio Mixers, Sennheiser Wireless Mics/IFBs, SONY Cameras and ETC Lighting Consoles

• Understanding of IT and Networking technologies such as LAN/WAN Routing, TCP/IP, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Active Directory and simple scripting using PowerShell

• Experience using software such as ENPS, VizRT, Adobe Creative Suite, Blackbird, Pebble Playout Automation, Zixi Streaming Management, Wireshark, Nagios, Grafana, GitHub or similar

• Awareness of cloud architecture principles using AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud

Life at Bloomberg is many things, but it's never dull. We’re a truly global business with a truly diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on being open, inclusive and collaborative, and provide a work environment that inspires our employees to be their best. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and programs to support you and your family through different life stages, from parental leave to generous retirement savings plans.

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