Senior Design Engineer - Broadcast​/Media

New York, NY, USA

Posted Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM

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.

What to Expect:

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.

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT AT DIVERSIFIED.

The Senior Design Engineer (SDE) is a lead member of the core team for each Media & Entertainment (M&E) 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 M&E SME teams as required.

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

As the final sign off on project bill of materials prior to purchasing, the SDE is responsible for vetting products and making detailed equipment decisions. As the technical leader on a project, the SDE has the authority to recommend direction on scope changes and programming and commissioning activities. The SDE will also be responsible for approving drawing packages being done by other design engineers as well as supervising them in their work.

While this is a virtual position day-to-day, it supports Diversified clients in the NYC/ NE US region; as such we require the candidate to reside in that geography.

• Leads complex engagements and works directly with clients and project teams to develop budgets, timelines and manage
  expectations.
• Negotiates changes in deliverables and schedules and is 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.
• Test, commission, and configure subsystems during project deployment.
• Support projects and teams in build phase. Complete the as‑built drawings for service hand‑over.
• Provide regular project engineering milestone status updates to…