Broadcast Engineer

As a Broadcast Engineer, you'll be an essential part of our team, ensuring high-quality audio and video production for the Oklahoma City Thunder home games, press conferences, and special events! In this collaborative role, you’ll support the production control room, which powers our scoreboard shows, while also maintaining the arena’s broadcast infrastructure and equipment for regional sports networks.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate technical and transmission needs for home and visiting radio and television production teams
• Conduct routine checks, maintenance, and arrange equipment repairs
• Set up and oversee the technical requirements for streaming events
• Oversee broadcast connectivity in the arena, test systems, and document or arrange repairs as needed
• Perform signal and source routing throughout the broadcast facility
• Ensure local, regional, and national broadcasts have the correct circuits and shared resources for production and transmission
• Verify show transmission with local and regional TV networks
• Learn and follow NBA Broadcasting procedures and standards
• Contribute to broadcast infrastructure project designs and implementation
• Provide technical support for non-game events, such as press conferences and team events
• Maintain records of hardware, software, equipment configurations, repairs, and upgrades
• Build relationships with visiting engineers, manufacturers representatives, integrators, and technical staff
• Support the Broadcasting team with additional technical, broadcast, and audio-visual (AV) tasks as needed
• Carry out all tasks in accordance with established industry standards and broadcast regulations
• Perform other duties as assigned

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, Media, or equivalent experience in broadcast television and AV engineering
• Proven experience in maintaining and troubleshooting video production facilities
• Proficient with live television equipment: cameras, production switchers, video servers, graphics systems, routing systems, intercoms, signal testing, broadcast cabling, and replay systems
• Strong understanding of audio systems: live mixing, audio processing, transport, system equalization, and measurement
• Familiar with Internet Protocol (IP) and Local Area Networking (LAN)
• Experience with Ross production switcher, Evertz Routing & Dream Catcher, Ross Xpression, Click FX, Riedel Intercom, Grass Valley cameras & camera control units (CCUs), Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI) and Audio Engineering Society Standard for Audio over IP and Interoperability (AES67), and Dante audio
• Knowledge of LED video display technology (Daktronics systems knowledge preferred)
• Ability to analyze problems, determine solutions, alternatives, assess consequences, and implement recommendations

Additional Details:

As a Broadcast Engineer, you will collaborate with the Manager of Broadcast & Technical Operations, the Producer of Video Production & Thundervision, and the Gameday Engineer to support both event-day production and post-production operations. The primary work location is the Paycom Center in downtown Oklahoma City. This position requires flexibility in working non-standard days and hours. Availability is required for all home-games, as well as preseason, postseason games, and related events.

We offer a positive office environment and a robust benefits package including excellent medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with matching funds, paid downtown parking, tuition reimbursement, employee ticket options, family gym membership subsidy, parental leave, team shop discount, and much more!

We value diversity, equity and inclusion, and we know that teams with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills make a stronger company. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we consider applicants fairly on the basis of qualifications, experience and business needs and provide equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, age, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. We also consider applicants regardless of past legal system involvement, considering the needs of the role, nature of and recency of legal history. We are committed to a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees through our culture of RAVE – Respect and Value Everyone