Sr. Systems Engineer
Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Hunt Valley, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Support Sinclair's ATSC 3 and mobile initiatives in the US and abroad.
- Support verification and validation testing of receivers and broadcast technologies
- Participate and contribute to the ONE Media Lab innovation and ideation process.
- 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.
- Lead rapid prototype development projects and conduct demonstrations.
- 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 at A3SA, ATSC, IETF, W3C and 3GPP.
- Support other ONE Media initiatives.
- BS degree or equivalent experience
- 5 plus years of experience with broadcast TV systems and air chain equipment
- 5 plus years of team leadership experience.
- Experience with the ATSC 3 and 3GPP standards.
- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Working Knowledge with HEVC, AVC, MPEG-2, Dash, HLS and HDR
- Experience with installing, configuring, and troubleshooting in Linux/Unix and Android environment.
- Experience with video streaming technology (e.g., MPEG Dash, HLS, MSS and RTSP)
- Must be proficient with scripting languages such as Python and Perl.
- Working knowledge of public/private key infrastructure (PKI).
- Ability to troubleshoot, install, and maintain IP network.
- Working experience with sniffer tools such as Wireshark, SolarWindows, PRTG or similar