Blue Origin · 20 hours ago
Director of Broadcast Engineering
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$218K/yr - $306K/yr
10+ years expBlue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable and low-cost space vehicles for the benefit of Earth. The Director of Broadcast Engineering will lead the studio engineering efforts for digital broadcasts of Blue Origin's launches, overseeing the implementation of advanced broadcast technologies and managing a team of engineers.
AerospaceManufacturingNational SecurityRenewable Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Architect and oversee implementation of digital broadcasting workflows, leveraging advanced technologies across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud-based production systems to create superior broadcast experiences
Oversee technical broadcast planning, including network planning, encoder validation, test broadcasts, and contingency/redundancy planning for high-tier streams
Manage distribution of live content to platforms like AWS IVS, YouTube, and X.com
Own key technical decisions to create scalable, reliable, and efficient digital broadcast systems using protocols such as NDI, SDI, RTMP, and RTSP
Grow and mentor a multi-disciplinary broadcast engineers and operators, contributing to a culture of innovation and excellence
Point of contact with executive stakeholders for launch day planning, troubleshooting and escalation for live broadcast issues, ensuring minimal disruption and high-quality service delivery
Draft and present technical roadmaps, business narratives, strategies, and standard operating procedures to leadership and cross-functional teams to improve production quality and response times
Oversee cross-company technical reviews and summaries for major events, ensuring roadmap prioritization of broadcast/streaming concerns and issues
Demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit, excellent judgment, and communication skills while delivering innovative solutions and building a team capable of implementing superior workflow systems
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in broadcast and live tv such as sports, events, and news with a combination of on-location and REMI production
Demonstrates thought leadership in technology domains such as broadcast technologies, software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics
Extensive experience with broadcast standards, workflows, routing, switching, encoding, audio processing, and distribution
Experience building and managing teams of internal employees, contractors, and third party vendors to achieve shared goals
Proven ability to communicate across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive-level business plans, presentations and workshops
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, broadcast engineering or equivalent
Preferred
Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation
Experience with large-scale automation and workflow management
Experience with IP-based broadcast systems including NDI, SRT, RTMP, RTSP, AWS MediaLive, Tricaster, LiveU, and others
Proven experience in architecting, migrating, transforming, or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
Strong presentation skills and comfort speaking with executives and technical teams
Proficiency in core routing, switching design, configuration, troubleshooting, and understanding of video stream metadata
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Recent News
2026-01-24
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