Video Broadcast Engineer


OSI Engineering, Inc.
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Skills
- Accessibility
- Caching
- Documentation
- Reporting
- VOD
- Video
Summary
A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is seeking an elite-level Video Broadcast Engineer to support a high-profile global live broadcast. This is a zero-tolerance-for-failure environment delivering to multi-million concurrent viewers worldwide. The right candidate arrives ready to execute from day one, thrives in high-stakes broadcast environments, and holds themselves to the same bar we hold this event: extraordinary.
Responsibilities:
Pre-Event (Weeks 1–5)
- Review existing transmission workflows and failsafe plans; identify risks and recommend updates
- Validate all redundancy, failover, and backup procedures
- Review, update, and test existing encoding configuration files and their execution
- Prepare a detailed run-of-show checklist
- Participate in all pre-show tests and platform validations
- Assist with content QC to confirm proper asset delivery through all transmission pipelines
During the Event (Week 5/6)
- Operate HLS encoders for looping test cycles, platform tests, rehearsals, and the live show
- Continuously monitor the full signal path from Encoder to CDN boundary
- Verify quality and health of encoding, delivery, and encoders in real time
- Validate player output and behavior across multiple platforms
- Serve as Point of Contact for the CDN team
- Execute failover procedures as needed; provide real-time technical guidance
- Manage state changes to the .com player
- Perform test encodes and segment preparation for VOD
- Maintain live incident logs throughout the broadcast
- Assist with HLS VOD upload to CDN
Post-Event (Week 6)
- Deliver a technical debrief and report documenting lessons learned
- Restore all media and resources to archival locations
- Complete all required documentation to GitHub and NAS
- Perform any post-event asset corrections, including re-encodes or content replacement
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in online broadcast / live streaming operations at organizations that regularly deliver to >5 million concurrent viewers internationally
- Deep, expert-level command of HLS, including advanced manifest manipulation, multi-variant playlist generation, and adaptive bitrate (ABR) optimization
- Proven, recent operational experience with both on-premises and cloud-based encoding systems. On-prem AWS
- Elemental experience is critical
- Understanding of CDN behavior as it relates to encoding and packaging output, including packaging, downstream caching, origin configuration and ingest design.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and operating real-time stream health monitoring systems — dashboards, telemetry, alerting across HLS manifest health, segment availability, bitrate laddering, and viewer QoE metrics
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of accessibility and subtitle formats: WebVTT, TTML, CEA-608/708
- Familiarity with audio broadcast standards including Dolby Atmos and multi-channel formats
- Comfort coordinating with international partners across varying technical levels
Type: Contract
Duration: 6 weeks
Work Location: Cupertino, CA (onsite)
Pay rate: $141.00 - $156.00/ph (DOE)
No 3rd party agencies allowed and no C2C allowed
Abel Lara | OSIJOBS
- Dice Id: 10365912
- Position Id: 8956588
- Posted 10 hours ago
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About OSI Engineering, Inc.
OSI Engineering delivers professional engineering consultants and contractors to enable you to meet your time-to-market demands. Our technical knowledge of your specific technology, streamline the process to deliver the right engineer with the right technical expertise to add value with minimal ramp up time. Additionally, on-call access to our highly-skilled engineering pool enables your business to stay ahead of the curve.
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