Nextgen TV Systems Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join the NextGen TV Lab team. As a Systems Engineer, you will help innovate, build, and support our rapidly expanding next generation IP broadcast platform.

Responsibilities:
• Support Sinclair's ATSC 3 and mobile service rollouts
• Support verification and validation testing of receivers in our lab (Mobile phones, tablets, TVs and Gateways)
• Develop requirements and acceptance plans for qualifying software and station equipment
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software, virtual machines and management tools to keep lab servers/ broadcast air chains up to date
• Develop, maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies for the Lab
• Support plug fests, interop events and integration in the lab
• Participate and support technology demonstrations at key events (NAB, CES, etc.)
• Participate in standards and other industry alignment activities
• Support other ONE Media initiatives

Required Skills
• BS degree or equivalent experience
• Experience with broadcast TV systems and air chains
• Working Knowledgeable with HEVC, AVC, and HDR
• Working experience with installing, configuring and troubleshooting in Linux/Unix environment
• Ability to troubleshoot, install, and maintain IP network
• Working experience with sniffer tools such as Wireshark, SolarWindows, PRTG or similar

Nice To Have Skills
• Experience with video streaming technology (e.g., MPEG Dash, HLS, MSS and RTSP)
• Experience with virtualization and containerization (VMware, Virtual Box)
• experience scripting (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Working experience with LTE and 5G technologies

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d92yp4-3-145-178-240-42 in your application.