Audio Visual Design Engineer

Job Summary

The Build Engineers (BE) reports to the Engineering Manager and is a member of the engineering team. The BE works with the sales and operations team to facilitate the highest levels of communication possible. BE activities include taking ownership of the approved quote from a design standpoint and creating the construction documentation for the operations team to use in staging, installing, commissioning and programming the system.

Internal peer reviews and AV9000 (AQAV) checklists are part of the quality management system (QMS) and are a required part of the duties.

The ideal candidate supporting BE tasks has experience and is an expert in the software tools required to document the construction and configuration requirements of the engineered system, including Excel, AutoCAD/Revit and BlueBeam/Adobe. The candidate will have extreme attention to the details required to fully document the system drawings and they understand the value of time saved designing systems fully to reduce troubleshooting in staging and in the field.

The list below is provided to define specific, yet subjective, activities which would distinguish the BE I from BE II and BE III cumulatively.

Summary of Essential Job Functions (BE):

• Maintain broad exposure to industry product solutions for audio reinforcement, microphones, audio and video conferencing, video routing and distribution, IT/networking, control systems and equipment storage.
• Once assigned as the lead engineer, conduct internal kick-off meeting with SA (Solution Architect) and salesperson to gather information and document unknowns.
• Create documentation package consistent with needs of the project manager and hours sold. This typically would include cover pages, key plans, device floor plans and RCP’s, electrical and conduit floor plans and RCP’s, speaker dispersions, viewing distance (DISCAS), projector throw distances, camera FOV, conduit riser, elevations and sections, rack elevations, plate details, signal flows, power calculations and tables, EDID plans and other required details.
• Ability to navigate and understand architectural drawing packages to understand how AV systems integrate into the environment.
• Coordinate and document Dante Controller crosspoints.
• Coordinate and document IP video encoder/decoder routing crosspoints.
• Create cable pull schedules.
• Create high-level network summary and detailed network schedule in conjunction with project manager and owner representation.
• Occasionally perform AV9000 engineering reviews on other BE work.
• Take ownership of system design and ultimate success from a design and documentation perspective.
• Participate in departmental group meetings.
• Participate in vendor demonstrations and educational sessions when possible.
• Some travel to local sites and remote sites (within US) may be required.
• Provide feedback to executive team and department managers on where improvements can be made to improve quality, reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency within the process

BE II

• Proven ability to act as the project engineer of record, managing a team of subordinate engineers responsible for producing the documentation required for a successful project outcome. This organizational structure allows the BE II to lead more projects than a single engineer would otherwise be able to lead if they were responsible for producing all the documentation themselves. This provides strong company representation to customers and knowledge transfer and training to less experienced engineers.
• Act as primary client-facing engineering contact for small to medium enterprise accounts; in general, over extended periods and across all facets of client technology planning related to work the company can perform.
• Act as secondary/supporting engineering contact as needed to support BE III managed enterprise accounts.

BE III

• To be considered a BE III, the candidate/employee will possess and maintain industry standard design certifications including CTS-D, CQD and CQT.

Experience Requirements:

5-7+ years industry experience with the tasks described herein preferred.

Training \ Certification \ Education Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalent

2-4 year college degree preferred

L3 Installation Training – Networking Fundamentals

Avixa CTS-D Certification

AQAV CQT, CQD

Audinate Level 2

Qsys Level 2

Biamp Tesira Forte/Server/Server-IO online

Crestron DMC-D-4K