Broadcast Engineering Manager
Future of Work Pop Up Lab · United Arab Emirates
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Our teams combine engineering, technology, operations, production, IT, and content expertise to build resilient and high-quality media delivery environments.The RoleWe are seeking an experienced Broadcast Engineering Manager to lead the engineering strategy, infrastructure, technical operations, maintenance, and continuous improvement of broadcast systems and media technology environments.The ideal candidate will oversee broadcast engineering across studios, control rooms, transmission systems, production facilities, outside broadcasts, contribution networks, playout, media processing, streaming, and related technical platforms.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement broadcast engineering strategies aligned with operational, technical, and business objectives.Lead the design, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of broadcast infrastructure and technical systems.Manage engineering operations supporting television, radio, streaming, live production, and digital media services.Oversee studio systems, control rooms, master control, playout, transmission, production, and post-production infrastructure.Manage cameras, lenses, vision mixers, routing systems, production switchers, graphics systems, intercoms, monitoring, and audio systems.Oversee servers, storage, media asset systems, automation platforms, encoding, decoding, and media processing infrastructure.Manage broadcast contribution and distribution networks, satellite, fiber, IP, microwave, and other transmission technologies.Support migration from traditional SDI environments to IP-based broadcast architectures.Establish technical standards for video, audio, signal flow, connectivity, synchronization, and media quality.Manage broadcast engineering projects from requirements definition through design, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning, and operational handover.Coordinate with production, editorial, content, IT, cybersecurity, facilities, operations, and commercial teams.Define technical requirements and specifications for new broadcast systems and infrastructure.Evaluate broadcast technologies, equipment, software platforms, vendors, and system integrators.Lead technical evaluations, proof-of-concept projects, demonstrations, and technology assessments.Manage system integration, configuration, testing, acceptance, and performance validation.Coordinate factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing for major broadcast projects.Establish preventive and corrective maintenance programs for critical broadcast equipment.Monitor system availability, reliability, redundancy, performance, and technical service levels.Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for broadcast failures, signal issues, outages, and recurring technical problems.Coordinate technical response to live broadcast incidents and major service disruptions.Develop business continuity, disaster recovery, redundancy, and emergency broadcast procedures.Ensure critical systems have appropriate backup, failover, resilience, and recovery capabilities.Manage broadcast monitoring systems and technical alerting processes.Oversee audio and video quality, synchronization, signal integrity, loudness, encoding, and transmission performance.Support broadcast automation, scheduling, playout, traffic, newsroom, production, and media-management systems.Coordinate technical requirements for live events, outside broadcasts, remote production, and temporary broadcast facilities.Manage broadcast facilities, technical rooms, racks, cabling, power, cooling, and equipment environments in coordination with facilities teams.Ensure appropriate electrical, environmental, grounding, and equipment protection standards are maintained.Manage broadcast engineering vendors, service providers, consultants, manufacturers, and system integrators.Define vendor SLAs, support requirements, warranties, maintenance agreements, and technical performance expectations.Monitor supplier performance, response times, service quality, and technical issue resolution.Manage engineering budgets, capital expenditure, operating expenses, and technology investment plans.Develop business cases and ROI assessments for broadcast infrastructure upgrades and modernization initiatives.Maintain equipment inventories, asset registers, technical documentation, system diagrams, and configuration records.Establish engineering procedures, technical standards, operating manuals, maintenance documentation, and change-control processes.Ensure all engineering changes are properly assessed, tested, documented, approved, and implemented.Coordinate cybersecurity requirements for broadcast networks, production systems, servers, applications, and connected devices.Support cloud-based broadcast, remote production, virtualization, software-defined workflows, and distributed media architectures.Evaluate emerging technologies including IP production, cloud playout, AI-assisted production, remote production, automation, and advanced media processing.Train and develop broadcast engineers, technicians, and technical operations personnel.Establish technical competency requirements, training plans, escalation procedures, and knowledge-sharing practices.Provide management with regular reports covering system performance, incidents, projects, costs, risks, reliability, and technology improvements.Key Performance IndicatorsBroadcast system availability and uptimeTransmission and playout reliabilityCritical system outage frequencyMean time between failuresMean time to repairIncident response and resolution timeSignal quality and integrityAudio and video error ratesOn-air technical incidentsUnplanned service interruptionsBroadcast automation reliabilityEncoder and decoder performanceNetwork availability and latencyStorage and media-system availabilityRedundancy and failover success ratePreventive maintenance completionEquipment failure rateTechnical backlogProject delivery performanceProject budget adherenceSystem commissioning performanceVendor SLA complianceVendor response and resolution timesEngineering change success rateDocumentation accuracyCybersecurity complianceDisaster recovery readinessTechnical training completionEquipment utilizationTechnology lifecycle complianceCost savings and operational efficiencyBroadcast quality and stakeholder satisfactionIdeal CandidateThe successful candidate should have strong experience in broadcast engineering, television engineering, media technology, transmission, studio operations, broadcast IT, live production, or digital media infrastructure, preferably within television networks, radio organizations, streaming platforms, production companies, media groups, or large-scale broadcast environments.The candidate should demonstrate:Strong knowledge of broadcast engineering principles and media technology.Experience managing broadcast infrastructure, technical operations, and engineering teams.Knowledge of SDI, IP-based broadcast systems, video routing, synchronization, encoding, decoding, and transmission.Experience with studio production, master control, playout, automation, and media-processing systems.Familiarity with broadcast audio, video, graphics, monitoring, intercom, and contribution systems.Understanding of broadcast networking, fiber, satellite, microwave, and IP contribution technologies.Experience managing system integration, commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and technical upgrades.Strong project-management and stakeholder-management capabilities.Experience managing broadcast technology vendors, manufacturers, and system integrators.Strong understanding of redundancy, resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity for broadcast environments.Familiarity with cloud broadcasting, remote production, virtualization, and software-defined media workflows.Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, budgets, and technical risks.Strong communication and leadership skills.Experience working with international and distributed teams.A continuous-improvement mindset and strong interest in emerging broadcast technologies.