Media Engineer

If you are passionate about making movies and television, Skydance is the place for you! Our creative divisions are led by industry veterans that put audience above all else when it comes to our storytelling approach. At Skydance, we embrace visionary artists and cutting-edge technology to create event-level entertainment. With the benefit of powerful distribution partnerships – Paramount Pictures, Tencent, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and other top tier studios – our premium content can reach billions of consumers around the world. Our corporate headquarters is in Santa Monica, where we strive to create a collaborative environment, is the center for all our film and television teams. Other departments include production, marketing, business affairs, finance, human resources, and operations. Whether you are a seasoned executive or an assistant just starting out, everyone is valued on the Skydance team! For information on Skydance’s privacy practices, see the Skydance U.S. Personnel Privacy Notice located at https://skydance.com/privacy-personnel/.

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  The Media Engineer is a member of the Information Technology team and is responsible for operating, supporting, troubleshooting, and scaling all things Audio/Visual to support the needs of Skydance. The Media Engineer is responsible for managing the post-production capable theaters on campus as well as the conference room and AV systems. Skydance seeks an individual passionate about movies, television, and gaming to ensure the presentations of that content are consistently at the highest quality. Responsibilities

Maintain and handle various stakeholder screenings in the post-production capable screening room, a state of the art projection Atmos theater with diverse sources, color spaces, and settings

Maintain wide variety of AV/Multi-Media/Video Tele-Conferencing solutions and standards including control systems, collaboration systems, and streaming

Collaborate with Media Engineers from other divisions to determine standards, needs, and staying abreast of Production’s needs

Work with AV contractor(s) in the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products

Interpret facility and AV/MM drawings, specifications, and other related documents from architects and AV contractors

Manage daily activities of configuration and operation of AV/MM/VTC and provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial

Provide assistance to studio users in accessing and using AV/MM/VTC systems, especially in-advance of and during Presentation and review meetings

Document hardware and software configuration management processes/procedures and operational guides

Design, document, and develop code for programmable devices while streamlining control system interfaces to be fully automated and maximize user experience

Conduct analysis on AV/MM/VTC systems by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be integrated, and reliable

Communicate with other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion

Analyze hardware systems, hardware design, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues

Develop costing proposals working with IT leadership and the program manager

Acts as equipment custodian and performs inventory asset management and accountability functions

Implement hardware and software version control processes, policies and procedures

Execute AV/MM installation schedules based upon equipment delivery, integration complexity, and customer priorities

Requirements

3-5+ years of experience in an enterprise-level technology environment

2+ years of experience in IT support of non-technical users

Demonstrated ability to positively and professionally interact with frustrated users; excellent communication skills with both technical and artistic groups

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and tenaciously solve unfamiliar problems

Ability to read AV system drawings

Experience with screening rooms, collaborative media environments, video conference, multi-site media-review systems

Experience with Analog, SDI and HD SDI signal processing and conversion

Experience with scalable video coding, compression and decompression techniques, and encoding/decoding of TV standards such as ATSC, QAM, NTSC, PAL

Experience with Crestron environments and code

Experience with HD/SD broadcast equipment (switchers, cameras, etc.)

Integration of audio and video teleconferencing systems

Installation and maintenance of IP based television

Operation of audio mixers and wired/wireless microphone systems and configurations

Must be able to stand, kneel and/or crouch for long periods of time; climb ladders and scaffolding; lift in excess of 50 pounds; work in high places, as well as small cramped places

Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk products, Zoom, Avid, Shotgun, Foundry Flix, and Animation/VFX applications a plus

Experience in the Visual Effects, Animation, or media and entertainment industries a plus