Engineer in Charge (Broadcast Engineering)

Location: Dallas, Texas, United States; extensive travel to live events, approximately 240 days per year; valid U.S. passport required

Company

hirify.global delivers live production, live event, and virtual production technology solutions for sports, entertainment, concerts, festivals, film, and television.

What you will do

• Oversee technical and engineering operations for assigned mobile broadcast units at remote production sites.
• Act as the primary on-site technical authority and client contact, communicating risks, changes, and solutions.
• Lead show builds, system configuration, testing, live production operations, troubleshooting, and teardown.
• Direct engineering crews, assign responsibilities, schedule personnel, and maintain safe and efficient operations.
• Coordinate equipment, staffing, logistics, maintenance, upgrades, repairs, and asset management.
• Complete post-event technical reports and communicate show status, crew needs, and operational changes to management.

Requirements

• 4–5+ years of progressive experience in remote broadcast engineering or a related technical field.
• Engineer in Charge-level leadership experience supervising technical teams and executing complex live productions.
• Advanced knowledge of broadcast engineering, mobile television production, video, audio, graphics, cameras, routing, intercoms, and IP-based workflows.
• Strong Layer 2/3 networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, multicast, VLANs, QoS, bandwidth management, and IP troubleshooting.
• Experience with Magnum, VSM, Cerebrum, TFC, EVS equipment, Calrec audio consoles, and Grass Valley production switchers.
• Willingness to travel extensively and a valid U.S. passport are required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on major live sports, entertainment, concert, festival, film, and television productions.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership, operations teams, coordinators, maintenance teams, and clients.
• Provide technical mentorship, coaching, and client-facing support in high-pressure production environments.
• Support live productions through extensive travel to event locations.