Broadcast Engineer, Technical Operations

Apple Inc

Cupertino, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apple, Bash Scripting, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, Commissioning - Engineering, Communication Skills, Communication Systems, Computer Firmware, Cross-Functional, Documentation, Emerging Technology, Engineering, Equipment Validation, Event Management, Facilities Engineering, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), IP (Internet Protocol), IP Addressing, Identify Issues, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Intellectual Property Analysis, Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP), JPEG, Linux Operating System, Mac Operating System, Media Production, Multicast, Multimedia, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, N-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS), Network Administration/Management, Network Support, Operations Planning, Preventative Maintenance, Product/Service Launch, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, QoS (Quality of Service), Risk, Scripting (Scripting Languages), System Operations, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Maintenance, Team Player, Technical Operations, Technical Support, Technical Writing, Testing, Transportation Routing, VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), VMWare, Validation Plan, Virtualization, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Cupertino, CA
POSTED
2 days ago

Worldwide Events and Experiences brings the best of Apple to life, showcasing our products, services and the values that drive our company. From global product launches and tailored creator experiences to impactful partner engagements and inspiring internal events, this team is charged with managing the end-to-end planning, production, in person experiences and all the unique details that make these events special. The team includes professionals with backgrounds in event design, management, operations, broadcast, and production. We're looking for inventive and collaborative people from a variety of creative fields. If that's you, then your next home may be here!

Were seeking a hands-on senior broadcast engineer to work across permanent facilities and temporary event environments. Youll work at the intersection of traditional broadcast engineering and modern IP media systems, helping ensure the technical systems that carry video, audio, and data from source to screen are ready, reliable, and resilient when it matters most. Your work is directly visible, in the clarity of a signal path during a live keynote, in the run-book that guides a team through a flawless remote production, and in the infrastructure decisions that shape how Apple communicates at scale. This role provides hands-on engineering support for broadcast facilities, transmission operation centers, and event production environments. You will work across live production, infrastructure readiness, signal routing, media transport, encoding, monitoring, and troubleshooting, with a strong focus on IP-based media workflows. You will partner with production, engineering, infosec, operations, vendors, and cross-functional teams to plan, deploy, operate, and maintain systems that support high-visibility events. This role requires sound technical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to stay focused under live production conditions. You should be comfortable moving between rack-level work, system configuration, documentation, real-time troubleshooting, and longer-term infrastructure improvement.Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot IP-based broadcast systems within facility transmission operation centers, ensuring readiness for live and pre-produced events. Deploy to remote event sites to support setup, signal path validation, system commissioning, and live engineering operations. Engineer and support end-to-end IP media workflows, including video and audio routing, ingest, play-out, encoding, contribution, and distribution feeds. Maintain and troubleshoot IP and non-IP media systems and technologies. Support broadcast network infrastructure and related services. Operate and maintain systems across broadcast platforms. Support Linux- and macOS-based systems used in broadcast operations, along with VMware-virtualized broadcast applications. Perform preventive maintenance, firmware management, equipment validation, and lifecycle planning for broadcast infrastructure. Create and maintain technical documentation, including signal flow diagrams, IP addressing plans, operational run-books, and support procedures. Resolve real-time technical issues during live events with clear escalation, communication, and decision-making. Evaluate emerging IP broadcast technologies and help guide practical improvements to the team's infrastructure and workflows. Communicate with production, engineering, operations, and vendor teams, especially when priorities change or issues arise in real time. You are able to travel approximately 20% for remote event support.You have extensive hands-on broadcast engineering experience in live events, broadcast facilities, production operations, or similarly demanding media environments. Experience operating or supporting one or more broadcast platforms such as Imagine, Evertz, TAG, Providius, EVS, AWS Elemental, Ateme, Appear, or Nimbra. You have a strong working knowledge of IP media transport technologies, including SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS IS-04/05, JPEG-XS, SRT, AES67 and Dante. You understand IP networking in a broadcast context, including multicast, PTP/IEEE 1588, VLANs, QoS, IGMP. Hands-on experience with network infrastructure in a broadcast, media, or production environment. Comfortable administering, troubleshooting, and supporting Linux and macOS systems used in broadcast operations. You can diagnose complex signal, network, timing, and system issues under live production conditions. You use sound judgment to balance technical risk, production impact, and operational continuity.Experience with cloud media services or hybrid workflows, including AWS MediaConnect or related platforms. Familiarity with VMware virtualization supporting broadcast or media applications. Background supporting corporate events, technology-sector events, product launches, town halls, or executive communications. Experience contributing to technical operations center buildouts, facility upgrades, or infrastructure migrations. Scripting or automation experience with Python, Bash, or similar tools applied to broadcast infrastructure. Familiarity with professional broadcast communications systems, including intercom, IFB, and program audio distribution. Experience with Arista network infrastructure in a broadcast, media or production environment.

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs