AV Design Engineer - NY​/NJ region

Audiovisual Design Engineer - NY/NJ Region

Virtual role with some regional travel. Candidates up to 2-3 hours from Midtown NYC may apply. This is a customer facing role requiring strong communication skills.

• Maintain a current expert knowledge of the Audiovisual, Streaming Video and Content Management provided by the firm
• Maintain a working knowledge of competitor products and services and of emerging trends in the audiovisual, conferencing and collaboration industry as a whole
• Provide consultation to Project Management team to support installation activities
• Initiate sales proposals
• Manage and Execute sales and project documentation, such as Bill of Materials (BOM), RFP Responses, Pricing Documents and Scopes of Works (SOW)
• Responsible for Site Surveys, Systems Design, Line Drawings, Detail Engineering plans, and other sales and design related materials
• Develop and maintain communications with all levels of staff and customers, ranging from line managers to corporate presidents
• Using a consultative style, advise customers on how to best utilize company products
• Manage technical relationships between the client, firm, technology vendors and distributors
• Assist clients with feasibility studies, equipment budgets, systems requirements and specifications
• Work effectively across cross-functional lines, in coordination with others involved in marketing, sales, logistics, technical services
• Manage projects, including setting objectives, budgeting and observing deadlines

• Bachelor degree in electrical, computer or telecommunications engineering desired
• In the absence of a formal degree, 7 years of progressively responsible, directly applicable experience in which incumbent learned to perform the requirements of the position may be substituted
• 5-7+ years of experience in a sales support and design/ project engineering, preferably with a leading Systems Integrator of Audiovisual, Videoconferencing and Unified Communications Systems; candidates with similar skills and experience in technology vendor or end-user environment should apply
• Demonstrate technical writing responses and formal documentation in a written and graphic format
• Excellent analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding people skills, High ethical standards and work ethic, and solid communications skills
• Must be able to present technical and non-technical information clearly and in a compelling manner
• Technical knowledge of 3 of more of the following required:
  Audiovisual Equipment, Videoconferencing Endpoints, Network Equipment, Network Services, Hardware, Software, and Managed Services offerings
• Candidates with Info Comm (ICIA) CTS, CTS-I or CTS-D certifications preferred. Other industry certification such as DMC-E, EAVA,CVE, ACE also helpful
• Knowledge of drawing programs (AutoCAD/Visio) Required
• Knowledge of AV Signal Flow Required
• Some control systems DSP programming helpful: AMX, Crestron, Extron
• Knowledge of some of the following manufacturers' equipment strongly preferred:
  Polycom, Cisco, Tandberg, Life Size, AMX, Crestron, Biamp, Extron, Barco, Christie Digital
• Experience with project development design and documentation experience is preferred.
• Must be knowledgeable in the use and integration of AV equipment, as well as in the installation of said equipment
• Some Knowledge of IP Networking, including routing protocols and VoIP, SIP, H.