Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer (On Call)

US, FL, Saint Petersburg

  • Job ID: R73442-EN
  • Posted: March 28, 2024
  • Temporary
  • Part Time
  • HSN

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Qurate Retail Group comprises six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video commerce (“vCommerce”), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.

The Opportunity

Reporting to Manager, Broadcast Systems Integration, the Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer will work with new broadcast and other emerging technologies within an open and agile team atmosphere providing over-the-air live television broadcasting. You will maintain transmission systems including transmitters, antennas, transmission lines, satellite reception systems, video encoding systems, and Emergency Alert (EAS) systems. Also, you will perform RF engineering coverage and interference studies. Maintaining station parameters within FCC regulations will be an important part of this role. The ideal candidate will be available "on call" to work from the central location in the metro Tampa Bay area and other remote transmitter sites.

Who We Are

HSN takes shoppers on a journey – embracing the new, exploring untrodden paths, and bringing shoppers a unique perspective that enriches their lives. We offer a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names in health and beauty, jewelry, home/lifestyle, fashion/accessories, and electronics and incorporates entertainment, personalities and industry experts to provide a unique shopping experience.

Your Impact

  • Dispatch to Ventana transmitter sites to perform repairs, maintenance, new equipment installation, or system updates.

  • Assist existing Ventana staff on transmitter site or other projects requiring multiple persons.

  • Assist with monitoring & control of the remote transmitter sites, diagnosing and correcting problems discovered.

  • Perform Longley-Rice coverage, interference, and zip code coverage studies.

  • Other duties, either at remote transmitter sites or at HSN central location in St. Petersburg, FL.

  • Over-the-air television broadcasting systems including antennas, transmitters, transmission lines, normal standards for tower crew operations and practices including OSHA requirements

  • Satellite reception techniques and customary practices for geostationary satellites including dishes, filters, LNBs, receivers, and coaxial cable interconnections

  • Video encoding and multiplexing systems as applicable to ATSC 1.0 digital video transmission

  • Working knowledge of building environmental systems- Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC)

  • Intermediate knowledge of electric power and distribution systems and electrical code requirements, including surge protection, grounding, and UPS implementation

  • Knowledge of Windows-based computer systems including BIOS settings, serial and IP communications, and communications software such as TeraTerm or Putty

  • Intermediate understanding of computer networks including TCP/IP, subnets, LANs, WANs, switches, routers, modems, VPNs, and access techniques such as VNC and Remote Desktop

  • Working knowledge of electronic test equipment such as voltmeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF power meters, RF network analyzers, and time domain reflectometers (TDR)

  • Beginner to advanced knowledge of RF propagation software

  • Knowledge of ATSC 1.0 digital television transmission system very helpful, including modulation, linear & non-linear corrections, mask filters, peak to average ratios, frequency response, group delay, and parameter measurements

  • Experience with UHF and VHF antenna construction and directional antenna patterns is beneficial.

What You Bring

  • Trade or technical program degree in electronics or electronic technology, or equivalent professional experience.

  • You will have 5+ years of experience in broadcast RF transmission systems

  • You will have 5+ years of experience in digital television broadcast RF systems

  • You will comply with all company policies.

  • You will take direction from Chief Engineer or other staff engineers

  • You can comprehend and apply complex information.

  • You will have the ability to travel 50% of the time nationwide.

Remote work is not permitted in NYC at this time.

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