Senior Broadcast & IT Engineering Lead

Gray Media, Inc.

Terre Haute (IN)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 120,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

WTHI-TV, part of Gray Media, seeks a hands‑on engineering professional to lead the broadcast and IT operations of our west central Indiana station. You will partner with the Regional Chief Engineer to maintain, modernize, and future‑proof the station’s SDI, automation, IT networks, and vendor relationships, ensuring reliable live broadcasts.

The ideal candidate blends broadcast engineering with IT, thrives under pressure, and guides a team through daily operations while advancing technical

Qualifications

  • Hands-on engineer with 5+ years in broadcast engineering and IT
  • Experience with SDI signal flow, routing, and monitoring
  • Familiarity with Grass Valley, Chyron, Imagine, ENPS/automation
  • VMware virtual environments, Windows Server, AD
  • On-call support including evenings, weekends, holidays

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, repair, and optimize studio, control room, and transmission systems
  • Support Grass Valley Kayak HD, production switchers, Chyron, routers, and control systems
  • Manage SDI signal paths, routing, and monitoring
  • Oversee IT: VMware, Windows servers, AD, backups
  • Collaborate with newsroom and corporate teams; document systems

Skills

Broadcast engineering
IT systems
Vendor management
On-call support
Live production

Tools

Grass Valley Kayak HD
Chyron graphics
Grass Valley Routers
Imagine ADC
Wheatstone consoles
VMware
Windows Server
Active Directory

Job description

WTHI-TV, part of Gray Media, seeks a hands‑on engineering professional to lead the broadcast and IT operations of our west central Indiana station. You will partner with the Regional Chief Engineer to maintain, modernize, and future‑proof the station’s SDI, automation, IT networks, and vendor relationships, ensuring reliable live broadcasts.

The ideal candidate blends broadcast engineering with IT, thrives under pressure, and guides a team through daily operations while advancing technical

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