Television Engineer (Washington, DC)

AARP, headquartered in Washington, DC, is a nonprofit,nonpartisan association dedicated to shaping and enriching theexperience of aging for our members and for all Americans. We are thenation’s largest organization of mid-life and older persons, withmore than 35+ million members.

We are currently seeking a Television Engineer to operate, maintainand make component level repairs in a high definition post-productionfacility. Duties include basic maintenance on all broadcast equipmentincluding audio and video recorders, routing systems, switchers,servers and duplication equipment. Manufacture and/or repair audio,HD-SDI video, LAN, MATV and fiber optic cables. Will operate Ku-bandsatellite uplink and Serve as Backup for the Radio Studio engineer.Produce and document facility in AutoCad and/or VidCad. Install audio,video, and control equipment per these schematics and other drawings.Maintain Audio and video recorders, routing systems, switchers, serversand duplication equipment. Operates Ku-band satellite uplink. Serves asBackup for the Radio Studio engineer. Perform basic maintenance on allbroadcast equipment. Manufacture and/or repair audio, HD-SDI video,LAN, fiber optic, and MATV and telephone cables. Produce and documentfacility in AutoCad and/or VidCad. Install audio, video, and controlequipment per these schematics and other drawings.

Completion of an Associates degree and 2-4 years of experience intechnical operations at a professional television station, network,cable TV facility, or business or educational television facility; oran equivalent combination of related training and relevantexperience.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at www.aarpjobs.com (seeCommunications)