Senior AV Design Engineer

AxiioTek Ltd; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AxiioTek Ltd in Amsterdam seeks a Lead Design Engineer to own the technical design of complex permanent AV projects from concept to handover and beyond.

You will lead high-risk, high-value systems, translate creative ideas into practical engineering solutions, and manage the complete design package including architecture, BOMs, racks, power, cooling, and installation drawings. Collaboration with clients and teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise across immersive and spatial audio, large-format video, media serving, show and device control, and the networks supporting these systems.
• Strong AV-over-IP knowledge, including Dante, AES67, NDI and emerging technologies.
• Experience designing secure, resilient and maintainable AV networks.
• Strong technical drawing and documentation skills.
• Experience working within formal document-control and version-control processes.
• A strong understanding of commissioning requirements and how design decisions affect installation and commissioning.
• The engineering judgement to work within difficult building, budget, regulatory and architectural constraints.
• The ability to make sound technical decisions when information is incomplete and project pressures are high.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of the relationship between design decisions, project cost and long-term reliability.
• The ability to communicate effectively with clients, project managers, CAD designers, installers, riggers, network engineers, architects, fabricators and creative teams.
• Broad working knowledge across AV, IT, architecture and creative disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of complex, high-risk and high-value AV projects.
• Develop system architectures and translate creative concepts into practical engineering solutions.
• Own the complete design package, including system architecture and signal flow, rack elevations, BOMs, power, heat and weight schedules, network and IP schemas, cable schedules, installation drawings, commissioning documentation and as-builts.
• Establish and maintain design intent throughout the project lifecycle.
• Work closely with CAD designers to develop, review and sign off technical drawings.
• Select equipment based on application, environment, duty cycle, serviceability, lifecycle, support and total cost of ownership.
• Work within established technical standards and make evidence-based recommendations where project requirements call for an exception.
• Design systems with installation, operation and long-term maintenance in mind, including cable routes, containment, power, cooling, rigging loads, service access, spares and redundancy.
• Identify potential obsolescence and lifecycle risks at the design stage.
• Review architectural, MEP, structural and fabricator drawings to identify and resolve interfaces before they become site problems.
• Lead design reviews and provide technical assurance throughout the project.
• Develop commissioning strategies and ensure the final design can be properly tested against specification.
• Support pre-sales activity through feasibility studies, technical risk assessment and budgetary design input.
• Work closely with project managers, installation teams, suppliers, contractors, clients and other design disciplines.
• Review and mentor other engineers, helping to raise design quality and consistency across the team.
• Identify recurring design issues and improve standards, processes and methodologies.

Skills

AV design

System architecture

AV-over-IP (Dante AES67 NDI)

Technical drawing

Requirements analysis

Project coordination

Risk assessment

Lifecycle thinking

Tools

BOMs

CAD drawings

Installation drawings

Job description

We’re looking for a Lead Design Engineer to take ownership of the technical design of some of our most complex permanent AV projects, from the first concept through to handover and beyond. These are high-profile, technically demanding installations involving multiple stakeholders, challenging environments and systems that need to remain reliable, maintainable and supportable for years.

You will:

• Lead the technical design of complex, high-risk and high-value AV projects.
• Develop system architectures and translate creative concepts into practical engineering solutions.
• Own the complete design package, including system architecture and signal flow, rack elevations, BOMs, power, heat and weight schedules, network and IP schemas, cable schedules, installation drawings, commissioning documentation and as-builts.
• Establish and maintain design intent throughout the project lifecycle.
• Work closely with CAD designers to develop, review and sign off technical drawings.
• Select equipment based on application, environment, duty cycle, serviceability, lifecycle, support and total cost of ownership.
• Work within established technical standards and make evidence-based recommendations where project requirements call for an exception.
• Design systems with installation, operation and long-term maintenance in mind, including cable routes, containment, power, cooling, rigging loads, service access, spares and redundancy.
• Identify potential obsolescence and lifecycle risks at the design stage.
• Review architectural, MEP, structural and fabricator drawings to identify and resolve interfaces before they become site problems.
• Lead design reviews and provide technical assurance throughout the project.
• Develop commissioning strategies and ensure the final design can be properly tested against specification.
• Support pre-sales activity through feasibility studies, technical risk assessment and budgetary design input.
• Work closely with project managers, installation teams, suppliers, contractors, clients and other design disciplines.
• Review and mentor other engineers, helping to raise design quality and consistency across the team.
• Identify recurring design issues and improve standards, processes and methodologies.

Your Experience:

• Deep expertise across immersive and spatial audio, large-format video, media serving, show and device control, and the networks supporting these systems.
• Strong AV-over-IP knowledge, including Dante, AES67, NDI and emerging technologies.
• Experience designing secure, resilient and maintainable AV networks.
• Strong technical drawing and documentation skills.
• Experience working within formal document-control and version-control processes.
• A strong understanding of commissioning requirements and how design decisions affect installation and commissioning.
• The engineering judgement to work within difficult building, budget, regulatory and architectural constraints.
• The ability to make sound technical decisions when information is incomplete and project pressures are high.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of the relationship between design decisions, project cost and long-term reliability.
• The ability to communicate effectively with clients, project managers, CAD designers, installers, riggers, network engineers, architects, fabricators and creative teams.
• Broad working knowledge across AV, IT, architecture and creative disciplines.