Senior Design Engineer - AV​/Workplace

About Diversified

Diversified is a global leader in audio visual and media innovation, recognized for designing and building the world’s most experiential environments. Our award-winning team specializes in delivering solutions for the most complex, large‑scale and immersive installations. Serving a global clientele that includes major media organizations and retailers, sports and live performance venues, corporate enterprises, and government agencies, Diversified partners with clients to create spaces that bring people together and keep them coming back.

At Diversified, we’re on a mission to create a world without boundaries, where technology enables all people to connect and experience the moments that matter, wherever they choose to be. With clients spanning the globe and an exciting pipeline of projects across industries, Diversified offers more than just a job. We offer a career path with the flexibility to grow personally and professionally, wherever your ambitions take you.

As a Diversified associate, you’ll dive headfirst into big, complex, and rewarding projects that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Plus, you’ll enjoy a flexible work environment, competitive compensation and benefits, and a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion.

The Senior Design Engineer (SDE) is a lead member of the core team for each Workplace (WKP) project. The SDE provides direction and oversight through the project life cycle from sales concept to design development, construction drawings to implementation support. As the technical authority on a project team, the SDE is instrumental in the determination and execution of client and system requirements and will collaborate with SME teams as required.

The SDE is also responsible for mentoring other design engineers on the project team. Reporting to a Regional Director of Technical Operation the SDE’s project assignments are determined by Technical Operations Leadership based on enterprise-wide demands.

NOTE – while this is a virtual position day to day, it does involve periodic (up to 25%) onsite presence at customer sites concentrated in the New England region – primarily Boston, Hartford and Stanford. As such, residing in (or a willingness to relocate to) this region is a requirement for this job.

• Lead complex engagements and work directly with clients and project teams to develop budgets, timelines and manage expectations.
• Negotiate changes in deliverables and schedules and act as an escalation point for engineering issues.
• May be required to regularly lead teams on large projects.
• Conceptualize system designs and determine system requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and coordination information to support the base building tasks performed by others, and planning of audio, video, and control solutions.
• Oversee and/or develop the Bill of Materials (BOM) and supporting documentation.
• Develop detailed design documentation strategy based on established engineering standard practices. Track engineering team tasks to completion.
• Generate functional system descriptions, complete block wiring diagrams, rack elevations, custom plates, or cabling assemblies.
• Research, identify, and recommend technology options for clients and projects.
• Provide technical expertise and oversee the creation of and later reconciliation of the complete construction drawing package, support documentation for installation and coordination with architect and other trades.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and product teams to identify requirements for cloud-based solutions that meet the needs of our live broadcast production and post-production workflows.
• Design and architect cloud-based solutions for live broadcast production workflows, channel playout, and content delivery.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure that solutions are optimized for cost, performance, and reliability.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members.
• Experience building complex networking infrastructure on premises.
• Test, commission, and configure subsystems during project deployment.
• Support projects…