AV Design Engineer

at  Stage Front

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education and/or experience
• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; or four years related experience and/or training; of equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Skills, knowledge, and abilities
• Must be familiar with computer operations.
• Must understand electronic theory and have strong troubleshooting skills.
• Must have advanced knowledge in reading and interpreting blueprints and project specifications.
• Must be able to comprehend, develop, and explain functional scopes of work.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects under time constraints.
• Ability to work in a team environment and deal effectively with people.
• Fluency in the following computer software:
• Microsoft Office
• Common unified communication platforms (MS Teams, Zoom, WebEx etc.)
• AutoDesk AutoCAD / Revit / BIM-360
• D-tools/Visio
• Bluebeam
• Must be an organized self-starter and have a willingness to follow processes. Strong ability to formulate plans and projections and effectively communicate those plans to others both internal and external is necessary.
• Must be able to draft routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before small groups of employees and one-on-one to customers.
• Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers and managers. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Ability to deal with and interpret nonverbal symbolism (formulas, graphs, blueprints, etc.)
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to draft routine reports and correspondence.

JOB PURPOSE

The main function of the AV Design Engineer is to act as a technical consultant to our external partners on design projects, generating functional system descriptions, and equipment lists for construction and estimation purposes. An AV Design Engineer is also responsible for producing industry standard coordination drawings to include infrastructure, detail, and signal flow diagrams. Other AV Design Engineer responsibilities include acting as an internal resource to the post sales Engineering team for project related questions.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to comprehend and translate customer needs into functional system designs
• Act as technical design resource for sales team and external design partners
• Identifying and documenting cabling, mounts, and other miscellaneous materials needed for a functional system
• Working with Design Project Managers on coordinating design scope and translating needs into a comprehensive and intuitive design package
• Develop engineering drawings, acoustical modeling, or other data as required
• Meet with vendors / manufacturers to help evaluate product as requested
• Attend needs analysis / scope and design coordination meetings with Systems Consultants and clients
• Attend site visits and support Systems Consultants on technical topics with client
• Attend Release to Engineering meetings to prepare for design projects
• Attend Release to Ops meetings and hand off pertinent design information to Project Engineer and other project team members
• Assist Systems Consultant with developing budgets
• Assisting Systems Consultant in documenting needs analysis / scope and maintaining updates until hand off to Project Engineer
• Other duties assigned as needed