Live Broadcast Engineer: Real-Time Support & Reliability

All Access Media TV

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

46 hours ago

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Job summary

All Access Media TV is seeking a hands-on broadcast engineering expert for fast-paced live production environments. You will provide engineering support for daily live broadcasts, control room operations, and digital streaming workflows to keep on-air operations reliable.

The role requires diagnosing and resolving issues in video, audio, routing, encoding, and network connectivity, plus developing backup and disaster recovery plans, IP-based workflows (NDI, SRT, RTMP), and collaboration with

Qualifications

5+ years in broadcast or live streaming engineering.
Strong control room and multi-camera workflow knowledge.
Experience with IP-based production, routing, encoding, and streaming.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering support for daily live broadcasts, control room operations, and streaming workflows.
Troubleshoot issues in video, audio, routing, encoding, and network connectivity.
Develop failover systems, redundancy, and disaster recovery procedures.
Support automation, production switchers, routers, intercoms, graphics, and related infra.
Diagnose IP-based broadcast workflows (NDI, SRT, RTMP) issues.
Document procedures and perform preventative maintenance and audits.
Provide rapid-response troubleshooting during critical live broadcasts.