Transmission Compression Engineer

Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of Compression Engineering experience or equivalent
  • 4-year technical degree or 2-year degree with relevant experience
  • Knowledge of networking and routing protocols
  • Familiarity with UDP, unicast, multicast
  • Understanding video standards related to transport like SD/HDSDI, ASI, and IP
  • Proficient in AutoCAD and Visio
  • Experience with MPEG encoding systems and hardware from Cisco, Arris, and Harmonic

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and maintain complex transmission systems
  • Troubleshoot and repair compression-related issues
  • Conduct preventative maintenance and calibration on equipment
  • Document signal flow and procedures for workflow support
  • Participate in installation and integration of new systems
  • Lead smaller projects related to compression engineering
  • Ensure quality control of incoming and outgoing signals

Benefits

  • Career defining opportunities
  • Thoughtfully curated benefits
  • Support for professional growth
  • Dynamic work environment
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Full Job Description
Support of 24/7 365 television transmission facilities which provide primary network distribution and contribution resources to the News, Sports, and Entertainment divisions of Warner Bros. Discovery. The support functions include network restoral, problem diagnoses, quality control, preventive maintenance, installation, and documentation of sophisticated television transmission systems. As a Transmission Compression Engineer, you will be responsible for the setup, configuration, and testing of new transport systems, as well as the maintenance of existing transport systems. Will also be expected to provide documentation of signal flow and procedures to support workflow. Participation in 24/7 shift coverage is expected. Interface with Warner Bros. Discovery engineering groups, end users, and personnel from Warner Bros. Discovery companies as required. Role Maintenance-This responsibility includes troubleshooting, repair, calibration and preventative maintenance of equipment and systems. The Transmission Compression Engineer will be providing shift coverage for the Compression facility and be the Tier 1 support for all compression related issues and incidents. Transmission Compression Engineer must have the ability to use all video monitoring equipment, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers and other diagnostic tools. Projects- This responsibility includes participation in the planning, installation and integration of new or replacement equipment and systems. Also, there could be a requirement to act as lead on smaller projects. Quality Control-This responsibility requires the ability to ensure outgoing, and incoming signals and content are at the highest quality possible by applying best of business practices. In addition, this responsibility includes quality control of installations equipment and documentation utilized by the terminal gear rooms. Customer Service-This responsibility requires that the Transmission Compression Engineer provide the highest quality of customer service to our primary customers who include Teleport operations, Distribution technology, CNN satellites/SNG, TEN and the TBS networks. Qualifications 3 to 8-year Compression Engineering Experience or Equivalent 4- Year Technical Degree or 2-year technical degree with equivalent experience. Understands networking/routing protocols UDP, unicast, multicast Understanding of Video standards related to transport (SD/HDSDI, ASI, IP and other compression formats) Proficient in AutoCAD and Visio Mpeg encoding systems Cisco, Arris and Harmonic Desirable Skills Studio, Network Operations and Digital Television distribution IT Data certifications Cable TV and IPTV experience Remote Monitoring and Control System experience (SNMP based) Good working knowledge of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, J2k, multiplexes and conditional access *Must possess the legal right to work in the United States

About Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is an American video game publisher based in Burbank, California, and part of the newly-formed Global Streaming and Interactive Entertainment unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBIE was founded on January 14, 2004 under Warner Bros. and transferred to the Home Entertainment division when that company was formed in October 2005. WBIE manages the wholly owned game development studios TT Games, Rocksteady Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Monolith Productions, WB Games Boston, Avalanche Software, and WB Games Montréal, among others.
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