Broadcast Engineer, Technical Operations

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Stock awards

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Apple seeks a hands‑on senior broadcast engineer to support IP-based media workflows across permanent facilities and remote event environments. You’ll work at the intersection of traditional broadcast engineering and modern IP systems, ensuring reliable signal paths for live keynote events and scalable infrastructure decisions.

You’ll collaborate with production, engineering, infosec, and vendors while maintaining systems, documenting runbooks, and guiding improvements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands‑on broadcast engineering experience in live events, broadcast facilities, production operations, or similarly demanding media environments.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot IP-based broadcast systems within facility transmission operation centers.
• Deploy to remote event sites to support setup, signal path validation, system commissioning, and live engineering operations.
• Engineer and support end-to-end IP media workflows, including video and audio routing, ingest, play-out, encoding, contribution, and distribution feeds.
• Maintain and troubleshoot IP and non-IP media systems and technologies.
• Support broadcast network infrastructure and related services.
• Operate and maintain systems across broadcast platforms.
• Support Linux- and macOS-based systems used in broadcast operations, along with VMware-virtualized broadcast applications.
• Perform preventive maintenance, firmware management, equipment validation, and lifecycle planning for broadcast infrastructure.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including signal flow diagrams, IP addressing plans, operational run-books, and support procedures.
• Resolve real-time technical issues during live events with clear escalation, communication, and decision-making.
• Evaluate emerging IP broadcast technologies and help guide practical improvements to the team’s infrastructure and workflows.

Skills

IP broadcast

SMPTE ST 2110

IP networking

Troubleshooting

Live production

Tools

Imagine

Evertz

AWS Elemental

VMware

Ateme

Job description

Broadcast Engineer, Technical Operations

Worldwide Events and Experiences brings the best of Apple to life, showcasing our products, services and the values that drive our company. From global product launches and tailored creator experiences to impactful partner engagements and inspiring internal events, this team is charged with managing the end-to-end planning, production, in person experiences and all the unique details that make these events special. The team includes professionals with backgrounds in event design, management, operations, broadcast, and production. We’re looking for inventive and collaborative people from a variety of creative fields. If that’s you, then your next home may be here!We're seeking a hands-on senior broadcast engineer to work across permanent facilities and temporary event environments. You'll work at the intersection of traditional broadcast engineering and modern IP media systems, helping ensure the technical systems that carry video, audio, and data from source to screen are ready, reliable, and resilient when it matters most. Your work is directly visible, in the clarity of a signal path during a live keynote, in the run-book that guides a team through a flawless remote production, and in the infrastructure decisions that shape how Apple communicates at scale.

Description

This role provides hands-on engineering support for broadcast facilities, transmission operation centers, and event production environments. You will work across live production, infrastructure readiness, signal routing, media transport, encoding, monitoring, and troubleshooting, with a strong focus on IP-based media workflows.You will partner with production, engineering, infosec, operations, vendors, and cross-functional teams to plan, deploy, operate, and maintain systems that support high-visibility events. This role requires sound technical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to stay focused under live production conditions. You should be comfortable moving between rack-level work, system configuration, documentation, real-time troubleshooting, and longer-term infrastructure improvement.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot IP-based broadcast systems within facility transmission operation centers, ensuring readiness for live and pre-produced events.
• Deploy to remote event sites to support setup, signal path validation, system commissioning, and live engineering operations.
• Engineer and support end-to-end IP media workflows, including video and audio routing, ingest, play-out, encoding, contribution, and distribution feeds.
• Maintain and troubleshoot IP and non-IP media systems and technologies.
• Support broadcast network infrastructure and related services.
• Operate and maintain systems across broadcast platforms.
• Support Linux- and macOS-based systems used in broadcast operations, along with VMware-virtualized broadcast applications.
• Perform preventive maintenance, firmware management, equipment validation, and lifecycle planning for broadcast infrastructure.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including signal flow diagrams, IP addressing plans, operational run-books, and support procedures.
• Resolve real-time technical issues during live events with clear escalation, communication, and decision-making.
• Evaluate emerging IP broadcast technologies and help guide practical improvements to the team’s infrastructure and workflows.
• Communicate with production, engineering, operations, and vendor teams, especially when priorities change or issues arise in real time.
• You are able to travel approximately 20% for remote event support.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands‑on broadcast engineering experience in live events, broadcast facilities, production operations, or similarly demanding media environments.
• Experience operating or supporting one or more broadcast platforms such as Imagine, Evertz, TAG, Providius, EVS, AWS Elemental, Ateme, Appear, or Nimbra.
• You have a strong working knowledge of IP media transport technologies, including SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS IS-04/05, JPEG-XS, SRT, AES67 and Dante.
• You understand IP networking in a broadcast context, including multicast, PTP/IEEE 1588, VLANs, QoS, IGMP.
• Hands‑on experience with network infrastructure in a broadcast, media, or production environment.
• Comfortable administering, troubleshooting, and supporting Linux and macOS systems used in broadcast operations.
• You can diagnose complex signal, network, timing, and system issues under live production conditions.
• You use sound judgment to balance technical risk, production impact, and operational continuity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud media services or hybrid workflows, including AWS MediaConnect or related platforms.
• Familiarity with VMware virtualization supporting broadcast or media applications.
• Background supporting corporate events, technology-sector events, product launches, town halls, or executive communications.
• Experience contributing to technical operations center buildouts, facility upgrades, or infrastructure migrations.
• Scripting or automation experience with Python, Bash, or similar tools applied to broadcast infrastructure.
• Familiarity with professional broadcast communications systems, including intercom, IFB, and program audio distribution.
• Experience with Arista network infrastructure in a broadcast, media or production environment.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $186,300 and $280,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

• Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.
• Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

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