Engineer In Charge

Title: Engineer In Charge

Employee Status: Regular Full Time

Work From Home Option: Not Applicable

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Overview

Ultimate responsibility for all technical aspects of TV production to broadcast network partners, in-house television feeds, and other feeds sent to partner racetracks and account wagering platforms. The EIC is accountable for maintaining all physical equipment, including mobile broadcast units and its contents, cameras and talent studios to ensure successful programming. Oversees setup of mobile units and studios when racing moves between tracks. Schedules and communicates responsibilities to the rest of the TV engineering staff.

Essential Functions

• Ensures that mobile units are correctly powered with assistance from NYRA electrician team
• Responsible for all wiring and connectivity within broadcast trailers, between broadcast trailers and from broadcast trailers to the rest of the facility.
• Connects outputs from control rooms to various transmission sources.
• Works with vendors to ensure transmission and reception is fully functional.
• Accountable for all equipment within broadcast trailers and their successful operation, including switchers, routers, monitor walls, audio boards, camera control units, video storage and playback and graphics machines.
• Oversees the engineering staff of video, audio and digital engineers to ensure all aspects of the broadcast environment are functioning properly.
• Schedules engineering staff so that all events are properly covered.
• Maintains equipment throughout the infrastructure, ensuring that all software and upgrades are up to date.
• Ultimately responsible for all camera function and setup, including robotic cameras.
• Works closely with racing regulators (stewards & judges) to ensure that all video and camera feeds needed are functional.
• Responsible for setup and strike of all broadcast equipment when moving between live race meets.
• Ensures that on-air talent sets are properly functional, including, cameras, lighting, desk placement, microphones, IFBs, return monitors and lighting.
• Responsible for routing all incoming feeds needed for broadcast.
• Controls all outgoing feeds and ensures they are hitting the correct destinations without any audio or video degradation.
• Works closely with third-party vendors to ensure all data, equipment, transmission is functional.
• Schedules preventative maintenance on systems and equipment within the broadcast environment.
• Identifies technical issues and works to resolve them as quickly and completely as possible.
• Diagnoses any equipment problems and decides whether items can be repaired in-house, need to be sent for repair, or replaced altogether.
• Ensures general maintenance on broadcast trailer fleet is up-to-date including electrical, HVAC, roadworthiness.
• Reports any major issues immediately to Sr. Director of TV Broadcast Operations.
• Ensures all remote sets and broadcast locations are properly functioning.
• Assist, as needed, operators in the broadcast control rooms and camera operators with equipment functionality and training.
• Monitors employees and equipment for any safety concerns and addresses those concerns immediately.
• Monitors evolving technology to ensure broadcasts remain cutting-edge.
• Works ahead to ensure any scheduling of equipment delivery is timely for upcoming events.
• Performs repairs on equipment as needed.
• Ability to make wires, connectors, adapters, etc.
• Ensures all fiberoptic feeds within each facility are functional. Regularly inspects connections, checking for damage from animals, water, operator error, etc.
• Works closely with Facilities and IT teams to ensure other departments and TV are able to assist each other as needed.
• Demonstrates outstanding leadership qualities.
• Comfortable working with fiber.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• 10 Years of experience as an engineer for mobile broadcast units.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Available to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Work efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced live broadcast environment.
• Certified in various systems including DANTE, Fiber tech.
  
  
  

Knowledge Required

• Expert level understanding of video, audio, and graphics systems in TV environment
• Strong knowledge of signal flow and wiring.
• Advanced skills in maintaining and troubleshooting switchers, routers, cameras, graphics equipment, multi-viewers and computer networking.
  
  
  

Summary Of Physical Requirements And Work Environment

Frequent moving

Pay Range / Salary: 130k - 165k