Media Production Engineer

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Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space. It will allow us to do the things we love in ways never before possible - all while staying connected to the people around us.

Apple is looking for a Media Production Engineer with a track record of delivering outstanding video, audio and IT support for live event productions. This engineer will lead the technical operation and management of various OB trucks, flight packs, production operations centers, studios and other media production systems. The candidate will be the go-to technical resource for identifying future production trends to ensure the content creation systems always exceed the creative, technical and meticulous quality standards required of Apple production.

If working with groundbreaking technology and supporting unique productions sounds familiar, this could be the opportunity you've been working towards!

Description

You will join a team of technical and creative partners working on a wide variety of projects for Apple. In support of these efforts, you will exercise your previous production engineering expertise for initial system design, deployment, on-site user operation, and post-operational support of various media production technologies used to enable content collection.

You will work closely with the production technology, R&D, and content teams to ensure the creative vision is well supported by groundbreaking technical solutions. As a primary technical resource for each event, you will be actively involved with the technical care & operation of mobile OB units, flight packs, audio production infrastructure, video production infrastructure, operations centers, and other media production systems in highly dynamic and time critical production environments. You will be expected to solve complex technological and creative workflow challenges in real time, while working closely with production staff to clearly communicate issues and offer solutions on the fly.

This role will also serve as a domain authority and a savvy, hands-on technician. We are looking for someone to keep up on the latest and greatest in media production technology to engineer improvements to current workflow, bring up of R&D and test systems, as well as work with internal and external engineering teams and technology vendors to drive innovation in next generation media production capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years working in the following areas:

• Operating, architecting, or leading professional grade production systems such as OB production trucks, flight packs, video and/or audio production facilities, transmission operation centers, or other technical environments during high profile sports, music, or entertainment productions.

• Hands on operational experience and technical expertise working with UHD, HDR, HFR, and IP based video and audio production technology.

• Technical commissioning, user operation, and in-situ solving of media production hardware, software and protocols typical of media production environments.

• Conducting quality control of all production elements such as camera and audio feeds, serial and IP data, graphics, and encoded contribution feeds.

• Excellent solving skills while under time and resource constraints with strong prioritization and triage skills.

• Working in international, highly metropolitan, and underdeveloped locations as key technical production staff. This role may require *50% travel both domestically & internationally. It will be physically demanding at all times.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting, operating, or servicing live broadcast production facilities.

• Experience working with tools included but not limited to: video switchers, media routers, graphics engines, audio consoles, comms systems, video replay, NLE & DAW systems, media encoders & transport mechanisms, monitoring & telemetry, fiber based A/V transport.

• Strong familiarity with SMPTE 2110 IP audio and video workflows.

• Strong IT skills as applicable to typical media production engineering tasks - Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP networking and standards, IPv4 addressing, multicast routing, PTP, SNMP, and IGMP/PIM.

• Experience with 'ground up' system design and system integration.

• Experience in REMI (remote integration) based production environments.

• QC of media signals in a media production environment for noise, compression artifacts, sensor based issues, quantization errors, aliasing, audio/video sync, etc.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,100 and $276,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.