Job SummaryPlease note: this role reports on-site to our client's broadcast facility in Culver City, CA, with multi-site coverage as needed. A valid driver's license and personal vehicle are required for travel between client sites.Are you passionate about live broadcast technology and ready to take ownership of high-stakes system reliability? Join Advanced Systems Group as a Broadcast Systems Reliability Engineer and play a key role in supporting a world-class media facility's mission-critical operations.
What You'll Do:- Spearhead preventative maintenance for complex live broadcast and AV systems, keeping them at optimal health and readiness
- Be the hero who diagnoses and resolves technical faults-across all layers, ensuring seamless operations
- Develop and manage configuration backups and equipment baselines for critical systems
- Schedule and execute system maintenance around a dynamic live broadcast calendar-your efforts keep live productions running
- Document and maintain detailed service histories, run-books, and a standing maintenance calendar
- Ensure organized, clean, and efficient machine room infrastructure and cabling
- Troubleshoot and perform service restoration for SDI, IP media (ST 2110, Dante, AES67) systems, and supporting infrastructure
- Apply rigorous, systematic testing to isolate problems from application through physical layer
- Own case resolution with manufacturers-drive issues through to successful outcomes and manage vendor relationships
- Produce clear incident reports and documentation, empowering operational teams to resolve or avoid common issues
- Identify patterns and develop remediation projects to increase reliability and reduce recurring issues
- Scope and support integration and remediation projects, working alongside client engineers and system integrators
- Stay connected with staff, vendors, and manufacturers to ensure alignment on system health and maintenance
- Travel to facility sites (as needed) to ensure full system support across locations
Required Qualifications:- Deep broadcast engineering experience with demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex live systems from application layer through physical layer.
- Demonstrated proficiency in both baseband and IP media: ST 2110, Dante, and AES67.
- Strong, repeatable testing and fault-isolation methodology.
- Proven live-environment discipline; ability to work safely where equipment cannot be taken offline arbitrarily, with clear understanding of coordinated downtime and on-air safety.
- Strong technical writing skills; able to produce incident reports, MOPs, and user-facing guides.
- Strong communication skills with peer operational staff and with manufacturers during case resolution.
- Valid driver's license and personal vehicle; ability to travel across the LA metro area between client sites.
Preferred Qualifications:- Ability to perform in-situ Layer 1 repairs for common cable types (CAT-6A, 12G SDI, single-pair audio, and similar) without calling out to an integrator.
- Experience scoping integration and remediation projects for management approval.
- Experience with Providius and Bridge Technologies monitoring tools.
- Working knowledge of Lawo Power Core and UHD Core DSP configuration, operation, and troubleshooting.
Competencies:- Comprehensive technical proficiency across a live broadcast technology stack including SDI, SMPTE ST 2110, Dante, AES67, PTP timing, NMOS control, camera robotics, broadcast cameras, LED walls, and vision mixers.
- Ability to work largely autonomously in a live production environment, managing competing maintenance priorities without displacing operational safety.
- Ability to influence without direct authority; comfortable recommending process improvements and reliability fixes to operational teams and client engineering leads without making decisions outside the defined scope of this role.
- Proactive and systems-oriented thinker, able to identify latent risk and recurring failure patterns before they impact productions.
- Strong written communication skills with consistent documentation discipline across maintenance records, incident reports, run-books, and MOPs.
- Organized and accountable in managing vendor relationships, open cases, maintenance windows, and asset condition records.
- Collaborative cross-functional partner able to coordinate effectively with operational staff, client engineering, integrators, and manufacturers.
Position Details:- Regular Full-Time
- On-site at Culver City, CA (primary site); occasional travel to secondary locations
- On-call and after-hours availability required as needed
- Must be able to commute to work on-site; valid driver's license and personal vehicle required
Step into a career-defining role where your expertise safeguards live productions and propels technology forward.
Apply today to make a visible impact on the future of live broadcast reliability! 
