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Industrial Light & Magic · 5 months ago

Staff Media Systems Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$152K/yr - $204K/yr

8+ years exp

Industrial Light & Magic is seeking a highly experienced Media Systems Engineer to support critical media production and post-production technology. The role involves troubleshooting, maintaining AV equipment, and collaborating with teams to optimize media workflows and design AV systems.

Film ProductionMedia and EntertainmentMotion Capture

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Address technical issues with physical and post production equipment, ranging from professional to consumer grade AV equipment

Troubleshoot and maintain specific equipment including 12G SDI routers, enterprise KVM matrix, video monitors and projectors, AV control systems, motion capture equipment, video playback workstations, timing signal generators, AV streaming appliances, etc

Maintain and troubleshoot various enterprise storage systems

Design, install and commission various AV equipment used in different technical and operational departments throughout ILM and Lucasfilm

Maintain the hardware and software for our Linux based media playback servers

Collaborate with the network team to diagnose and resolve network related issues impacting AV system functionality

Create and maintain documentation using tools like Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace, Visio, etc

Create and update Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings related to AV systems

Generate high quality reports and presentations for management

Participate in off hours maintenance, upgrades, and installations as necessary

Participate in on-call rotation to provide off hour technical support

Conduct research and evaluate new technologies and trends to understand their potential impact on current and future workflows within the organization

Qualification

Linux administrationAV systems troubleshootingMedia file formatsPost production equipmentNetwork troubleshootingCAD drawingsTechnical documentationResearchEvaluationProblem solvingTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

8 years support and installation experience in post production or broadcast facilities with complex AV systems

B.S. in Engineering or equivalent professional experience required

Up to date knowledge and a passion for technology relating to media and post production

Solid understanding and practical experience of various media file formats

Solid understanding and practical experience with video and audio transport streams

Familiarity and practical experience with professional post production equipment including video routers, disk based playback appliances, SAN and NAS file servers, Linux workstations, network switches, KVM routers, A/V control systems etc

Linux, macOS and Windows administration skills

Experience troubleshooting TCP/IP, Ethernet, UDP, NFS & CIFS protocols, DNS, DHCP, Fiber channel and be familiar with basic network troubleshooting tools

Basic image format knowledge including an understanding of Rec. 709 and DCI color spaces, gamma encoding, chroma subsampling, etc

Knowledge and experience with various file formats used in post production including OpenEXR, DPX, TIFF, JPEG 2000, H.264, DNx, HEVC, AV1, ProRes etc

Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner: Gather and analyze information skillfully, develop alternative solutions, work well in group problem solving situations

Ability to identify and address technical issues without direct supervision, while also working effectively as part of a team

Preferred

First hand experience with the following or equivalent post production equipment a plus including: Evertz EQx 12G SDI router and various baseband video equipment

ADDER Infinity enterprise KVM

Linux builds based on RHEL 9

Enterprise storage experience with Isilon, Qumulo, NEXIS, Pure, StorNext etc

Q-SYS Core programming for audio and control

DaVinci Resolve, Autodesk RV

Christie DLP projectors

WireCad, Confluence, Jira, Draw.io

Legacy Video Tape Decks (DigiBeta, SRW, HDCAM etc.)

Advanced understanding of and experience with Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems

Avid certified or widespread experience with Avid Media Composer, Interplay, Media Central

A solid understanding of IP networks with some practical in field experience

Benefits

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package

The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Industrial Light & Magic

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Industrial Light & Magic creates visual effects for the motion picture commercial production and attraction industries. It is a sub-organization of Lucasfilm.

Founded in 1975

San Francisco, California, USA

1001-5000 employees