Senior Technical Lead

Description

Company Overview:

Zones is a Global Solution Provider of end-to-end IT solutions with an unmatched supply chain. Positioned to be the IT partner you need, Zones, a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in business for over 35 years, specializes in Digital Workplace, Cloud & Data Center, Networking, Security, and Managed/Professional/Staffing services. Operating in more than 120 countries, leveraging a robust portfolio, and utilizing the highest certification levels from key partners, including Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Lenovo, Adobe, and more, Zones has mastered the science of building digital infrastructures that change the way business does business ensuring whatever they need, they can Consider IT Done.

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Position Overview:

The Technical Lead, AV / AV Design Engineer serves as the regional technical subject matter expert and hands-on design resource for Microsoft audiovisual conference room deployments in the Puget Sound region. The role owns the production, validation, and quality assurance of room-specific AV drawing packages and associated technical documentation from design development through installation, commissioning, and handover.

This is not a drawing-review-only position. The successful candidate must be able to independently produce accurate AutoCAD deliverables, adapt Microsoft standard room designs to actual architectural conditions, coordinate with architects and construction stakeholders, and release complete packages without requiring extensive corrective review by the Regional Lead or customer.

What you'll do as the Technical Lead, AV:

The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position, and the duties and responsibilities may change without notice.

• Act as the technical SME for AV deployments, educating project teams on Microsoft AV standards, deviation processes, design risks, and technical requirements.
• Create, revise, and maintain room-specific AV design packages in AutoCAD using Microsoft standard room designs, site survey data, architectural backgrounds, and project-specific requirements.
• Produce and quality-assure floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, sections, equipment layouts, rack elevations, wiring diagrams, device callouts, mounting details, and construction notes.
• Import, scale, align, and manage architect-provided DWG and Revit-exported CAD backgrounds, including external references, layers, viewports, plotting standards, and title blocks.
• Validate that drawing sets render correctly to PDF and that all required layers, furniture, equipment, dimensions, annotations, and references are visible and accurate.
• Perform independent QA/QC before release, including redline closure, drawing completeness, dimensional accuracy, source-file integrity, version control, and compliance with Microsoft drawing standards.
• Validate AV conference room designs and bills of materials based on site survey results, ensuring that every equipment item shown in drawings is represented in the BOM and that BOM changes are reflected in the drawing package.
• Coordinate AV design requirements with architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, network, furniture, lighting, acoustic, and general-contractor documentation, including MEP integration where applicable.
• Use floor plans, elevations, reflected ceiling plans, photographs, surveys, and Microsoft source repositories to identify room constraints and adjust standard designs to actual site conditions.
• Assess power, network, cable pathway, conduit, back-box, structural mounting, equipment clearance, sightline, heat-load, lighting, acoustic, and service-access requirements that affect the AV design.
• Support schematic design, design development, construction-document, and as-built stages, including design page-turns and stakeholder approvals.
• Manage drawing comments and markups using Bluebeam or equivalent review tools; incorporate architect, Microsoft, AV integrator, HIVE, AV Link, and project-team feedback into controlled revisions.
• Respond to RFIs and provide technical clarification during procurement, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning.
• Identify designs that require a Microsoft standards deviation, support…