Broadcast Engineer

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Broadcast Engineer to service, maintain, and innovate within our cutting-edge live sports broadcast environment.

This individual will play a pivotal role in supporting live studio productions, post-production workflows, streaming platforms, and infrastructure upgrades.

From routine maintenance to strategic planning, the Broadcast Engineer ensures seamless delivery of more than 2,000 hours of live sports programming annually from around the globe.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team delivering world-class sports content to a global audience.

If you're passionate about engineering, thrive in live production environments, and want to contribute to an innovative media operation, we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, you will:

• Perform preventive maintenance and hands-on troubleshooting of a wide array of video, audio, and IT equipment—both on-site and at remote production locations.
  
  
• Maintain and update broadcast IP-based systems, including software, hardware, and LAN applications across the facility.
  
  
• Support and train engineering staff on Avid systems, automation platforms, production control, master control, transmission, and digital operations center workflows.
  
  
• Respond to technical issues involving broadcast or computer systems—including during off-hours and emergencies.
  
  
• Ensure all software systems remain updated and compliant with licensing and corporate IT security standards.
  
  
• Uphold a high standard of engineering practices by adhering to OSHA safety rules, installing equipment per CAD designs, executing clean cable management and labeling, and maintaining comprehensive documentation and SOPs.
• Collaborate with leadership on future infrastructure planning, budgeting, and equipment upgrades.
  
  
• Provide flexible shift coverage based on production needs—including early mornings, overnights, weekends, holidays, and swing shifts.
  
  
• Travel periodically to support remote productions and live tennis tournaments throughout the year.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in broadcast television engineering
• Proven leadership ability and exceptional communication skills
• Strong understanding of modern broadcast technology and a team-first mentality
• Extensive experience with Avid, EVS, and cloud-based media workflows, including media archiving and storage
• Expertise in automation systems for live production, master control, transmission, and streaming
• Hands-on experience with installation and optimization of SMPTE 2110 broadcast systems
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule as business demands, including nights, weekends, and holidays

Tennis Channel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by virtue of an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

About PickleballTV

Pickleballtv (PBTV) is the 24-hour television home of America’s fastest growing sport.

With coverage of tournaments throughout the year, the network offers 1,000+ hours of live matches from the game’s top professionals and biggest stars.

PBTV also provides viewers with first-class instruction, exclusive lifestyle programming and studio news content and more.

About Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel is the media home to two twenty-four-hour television networks, a subscription streaming service, online magazine and podcasts dedicated to the sport and its unique lifestyle.

The tennis-media hub is home to every aspect of the wide-ranging, worldwide tennis community.

Tennis Channel is carried nationwide by every one of the top ten pay-TV service providers.

About Sinclair
Sinclair, Inc.

(Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.

The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, ROAR, and The Nest.

Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation's largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON.

The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at .

About the Team
The life-blood of our organization is our people.

We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people.

How good?

Here is a glimpse: great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed.

Ready to be part of a winning team?

Let’s talk.

The base salary compensation range for this role is $98,000 to $150,000.

Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates’ relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location.

Full time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans,flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave and employee stock purchase plan.

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Required Skill Profession

Media And Communication Equipment Workers