Entertainment Lighting Console Engineer

Theater Outsource; United States; On-site; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company contribution

Paid vacation and holidays

Career growth

Job summary

Theater Outsource is seeking an experienced lighting programmer who has spent years behind a Hog console, toured with productions, programmed complex shows, and solved real-world lighting challenges under pressure. This unique opportunity moves you from the show floor into product development, where your hands-on experience will influence live-event control software used by lighting programmers worldwide.

You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to improve tools and workflows

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Hog console programming experience.
• Background in concert touring, live events, theatre, broadcast, or large-scale entertainment productions.
• Strong understanding of lighting control systems and networked show environments.
• Experience with DMX, Art-Net, and sACN.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to clearly document technical findings and communicate with engineering teams.
• Passion for improving the tools used by lighting professionals worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Test and evaluate professional lighting control software and console hardware.
• Validate new features, workflows, and system performance from a programmer's perspective.
• Identify, document, and reproduce software issues while working closely with engineering teams.
• Help improve software usability based on real-world production experience.
• Test networked lighting systems utilizing DMX, Art-Net, and sACN.
• Participate in system integration testing across multiple lighting consoles and show environments.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to improve future software releases.
• Provide technical insight based on professional touring, theatrical, broadcast, or live event experience.

Skills

Hog console programming

Live event lighting programming

Troubleshooting

Tools

DMX

Art-Net

sACN

Job description

Are you an experienced lighting programmer who has spentyears behind a Hog console? Have you toured with productions, programmedcomplex shows, and solved real-world lighting challenges under pressure?

Our client is looking for a seasoned entertainment lightingprofessional to help shape the next generation of live event control software.This is a unique opportunity to move from the show floor into productdevelopment, where your experience will directly influence the tools used bylighting programmers around the world.

What You'll Do

• Testand evaluate professional lighting control software and console hardware.
• Validatenew features, workflows, and system performance from a programmer'sperspective.
• Identify,document, and reproduce software issues while working closely withengineering teams.
• Helpimprove software usability based on real-world production experience.
• Testnetworked lighting systems utilizing DMX, Art-Net, and sACN.
• Participatein system integration testing across multiple lighting consoles and showenvironments.
• Collaboratewith Product Management and Engineering to improve future softwarereleases.
• Providetechnical insight based on professional touring, theatrical, broadcast, orlive event experience.

What We're Looking For

• 5+years of professional Hog console programming experience.
• Backgroundin concert touring, live events, theatre, broadcast, or large-scaleentertainment productions.
• Strongunderstanding of lighting control systems and networked show environments.
• Experiencewith DMX, Art-Net, and sACN.
• Excellenttroubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Abilityto clearly document technical findings and communicate with engineeringteams.
• Passionfor improving the tools used by lighting professionals worldwide.
• Up to $85,000 based on experience
• 401(k)with company contribution
• Paidvacation and holidays
• Careergrowth with an innovative entertainment technology company

If you've spent your career programming professionallighting systems and want to help build the next generation of controltechnology, we'd love to hear from you.