Senior AVL Systems Engineer — Design Lead & Documentation

The Penn Group; Kentucky; On-site; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Annual performance bonus

Certification & training sponsorship

Ownership of engineering standards

Job summary

The Penn Group is seeking an experienced AVL System Engineer to serve as the design authority for all audio, video, and lighting systems. You will own complete system design from client requirements through signal flow, equipment selection, infrastructure, and coordinated drawings for the install team.

You will also own our documentation standards, ensuring every project produces accurate drawings, submittals, and as-builts that a technician could follow without visiting the site.

Qualifications

• Vectorworks certification or proven Matrix with Vectorworks experience required.
• 5+ years designing commercial AVL/AV systems end to end.
• Strong knowledge of DSP, gain structure, coverage modeling, and networked audio.
• Experience reading architectural, electrical, and mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Produce complete AVL designs: audio, video, lighting, control, and network.
• Define signal flow, equipment specs, and budget-aligned selections.
• Perform coverage modeling, sightline analysis, and camera placement.
• Create lighting plots, circuiting, and control topology.
• Coordinate power, conduit, pathways, and rack layouts.
• Own drawing sets: plans, elevations, and rack details.
• Enforce documentation standards and templates across teams.
• Produce submittals, cut sheets, and closeout packages.
• Capture and integrate red-lined as-builts into the record set.
• Maintain revision control to prevent field discrepancies.
• Collaborate with architects, GC, electrical, structural, and IT.
• Review plans early to identify conflicts and change orders.
• Support permitting, code, and life-safety requirements.
• Verify rigging and structural loads are engineered and approved.
• Advise leadership on feasible scope and deliverability.
• Serve as the Design Phase technical expert with clients.
• Develop BOMs for estimating and procurement.
• Assist install crews and programmers through commissioning.
• Perform design QA reviews before field release.

Skills

Vectorworks certification

AVL system design

Client coordination

Documentation discipline

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM

EASE/Ulysses

Job description

The Penn Group is seeking an experienced AVL System Engineer to serve as the design authority for all audio, video, and lighting systems. You will own complete system design from client requirements through signal flow, equipment selection, infrastructure, and coordinated drawings for the install team.

You will also own our documentation standards, ensuring every project produces accurate drawings, submittals, and as-builts that a technician could follow without visiting the site.