AV Field Commissioning Engineer
Location: Cincinnati, OH/Southfield, MI/Fort Wayne, IN
Duration: Long term contract
Travel: Willingness to travel throughout the U.S. is strongly preferred
Travel Expenses: Covered
We are seeking a hands-on AV Field Commissioning Engineer with strong experience installing, configuring, troubleshooting, testing, and commissioning audio-visual systems in enterprise and commercial environments.
The ideal candidate will have practical field experience setting up conference rooms, enterprise technology spaces, restaurant AV environments, video conferencing systems, displays, projectors, audio systems, DSPs, and AV control systems. This is a field-focused position requiring someone who is comfortable working onsite with AV equipment rather than someone whose background is primarily high-level AV architecture or design.
The successful candidate should understand AV systems from a design, BOM, installation, implementation, and commissioning perspective, while being willing and able to perform hands-on work at customer sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on installation, setup, configuration, testing, and commissioning of AV systems.
- Install and configure projectors, displays, microphones, speakers, DSPs, video conferencing systems, control systems, and related AV equipment.
- Commission and troubleshoot enterprise conference rooms and collaboration spaces.
- Support AV deployments for enterprise technology spaces, restaurants, commercial facilities, and other customer environments.
- Configure and calibrate AV equipment to ensure optimal audio and video performance.
- Troubleshoot hardware, cabling, connectivity, control, audio, video, and conferencing issues.
- Perform system testing, diagnostics, validation, and performance verification prior to customer handoff.
- Configure and integrate AV control systems such as Crestron, Extron, QSC, or AMX.
- Work with network engineers to integrate IP-based AV systems into customer network environments.
- Support AV-over-IP technologies such as Dante, NDI, and SDVoE.
- Read and interpret AV system drawings, installation diagrams, construction drawings, schematics, BOMs, and technical documentation.
- Review AV designs and identify installation conflicts, integration issues, and coordination gaps.
- Provide technical recommendations and field-based solutions when issues arise during installation or commissioning.
- Perform acoustic testing and calibration, including DSP, equalizers, speaker arrays, and microphones.
- Support testing and adjustment of AV lighting systems where applicable, including DALI/DMX-based systems.
- Maintain accurate equipment inventories and installation documentation.
- Complete commissioning reports, punch lists, as-built documentation, and customer handoff materials.
- Provide onsite customer training and explain AV system operation to technical and non-technical users.
- Resolve installation and commissioning issues and ensure systems are fully operational before project closeout.
- Follow applicable safety requirements, building standards, and industry best practices.
- Travel to customer sites throughout the United States as required.
Required Technical Skills
AV Installation & Commissioning
- Strong hands-on experience installing and commissioning AV systems.
- Experience setting up enterprise conference rooms and collaboration spaces.
- Experience with displays, projectors, microphones, speakers, audio systems, video conferencing equipment, DSPs, and AV control systems.
- Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
- Ability to independently perform onsite system testing and commissioning.
AV Control & Integration
- Experience with one or more AV control platforms such as:
- Experience integrating AV systems with enterprise IT/network infrastructure.
- Understanding of IP-based AV and AV-over-IP technologies.
Cabling & Connectivity
Hands-on knowledge of AV and structured cabling, including:
- Cat6/Cat6A
- Fiber
- HDMI
- DisplayPort
- HDBaseT
- SDI
- XLR
- Analog audio
- AES/EBU
- Dante
- Low-voltage AV cabling and power
Design & Documentation
- Ability to read and interpret:
- AV schematics
- System installation diagrams
- Architectural drawings
- MEP drawings
- Construction documents
- BOMs
- Technical documentation
- Ability to identify field conflicts and recommend practical installation solutions.
- Experience documenting completed installations and commissioning activities.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD or similar design/documentation tools is preferred.
Testing & Calibration
- Experience calibrating DSPs, equalizers, microphones, speakers, and audio systems.
- Understanding of acoustic testing and measurements such as STC, RT60, and ambient noise is preferred.
- Experience performing audio/video performance testing and system validation.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional AV installation, integration, commissioning, or field engineering experience.
- Proven hands-on experience with commercial or enterprise AV deployments.
- Experience commissioning conference rooms and video collaboration environments.
- Experience working directly at customer sites performing AV installation and troubleshooting.
- Ability to understand AV designs, BOMs, schematics, and implementation requirements.
- Strong understanding of AV hardware, cabling, networking, and system integration.
- CTS, CTS-D, AVIXA, or related AV certification is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Audio Engineering, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is preferred but equivalent hands-on experience will be considered.
- Strong communication and customer-service skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with AV, network, construction, and customer teams.
- Ability to lift and carry AV equipment as required.
- Willingness to travel extensively throughout the United States.
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