Senior Broadcast Design Engineer (Broadcast)

Location: New York, NY or anywhere in the USA; onsite work is required when dictated by client projects, including travel to client sites.

Salary: $80,000–$400,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides technology and business consulting for the Media & Entertainment and Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail industries, including broadcast transformation, digital media supply chains, data and analytics, IP and rights management, Salesforce, and applied AI.

What you will do

• Lead broadcast and media infrastructure projects by defining requirements, budgets, timelines, and delivery goals with clients and internal teams.
• Design and implement broadcast technology solutions for new facility builds and upgrades.
• Create system schematics, functional descriptions, rack elevations, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and as-built drawings.
• Configure, test, and commission broadcast and IT subsystems, including storage, compute, and network infrastructure.
• Act as a technical expert and escalation point, guiding clients through scope changes and system optimization.
• Coordinate with architects, MEP, construction, and cross-functional teams; provide project updates, support resource planning, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience leading media and entertainment technical systems in client-facing engineering, consulting, presales, or managed-services roles.
• Experience with a broadcast media company or systems integrator as an engineer in charge, lead engineer, or design engineer.
• Deep knowledge of HD, UHD, HDR, SDI, NDI, and SMPTE 2110, plus professional broadcast and AV technology integration.
• Strong broadcast networking expertise, including spine-leaf and hybrid designs, routing, switching, VLANs, QoS, DNS, and ACLs.
• Hands-on experience with vendors and platforms such as Cisco, Evertz, Arista, Ross, EVS, VizRT, Harmonic, Chyron, Crispin, and Telestream.
• Ability to interpret architectural and construction drawings, manage projects from presales through commissioning, troubleshoot complex systems, and work with Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Nice to have

• Experience with live production, studio production, news, playout, distribution, OTT, VOD, and other operational workflows.
• Understanding of the ATSC 3.0 transmission standard.
• Exposure to IABM, NAB, SMPTE, SVG, or SBE broadcast associations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive working culture.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) matching and flexible vacation.
• Company-sponsored training, certifications, and professional development.
• Travel to client sites as required by project scope, including sites outside the primary office, state, or region.