Wachter's greatest asset is the people who work here. Join the Wachter family and chart your career path!
The Sr. AV Engineer position has an in-depth working knowledge of the audio-visual industry and associated technologies. This is a hybrid position with three days required in the office.
We seek self-motivated and reliable candidates, who can work independently and find solutions to complete the job. Long-term employment with competitive pay and exceptional benefits for qualified candidates. We value relationships and invest in our employees.
Benefits Package: Company Paid!
- Medical, Dental, Prescription & Vision Benefits
- Life, AD&D, and LTD insurance
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Teladoc & TriaHealth
- Company-Matched 401(k) and IRA Retirement Savings.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Displays complete understanding of AV systems
- Provides AV sales support to sales teams, SEs, and LBUs
- Displays working knowledge of ADA requirements
- Provides clients direction and recommendations for ADA requirements
- Displays working knowledge of AVIXA design standards
- Works with clients to design AV solutions: Produces Bill of Materials (BOM), Produces Statement of Work (SOW), Produces sketches of designed solution
- Provides design documentation to AV estimators for pricing and proposal creation
- Reviews proposal when completed by estimator to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Performs design reviews with AV engineering team
- Attends AV opportunity bid reviews
- Provides remote support for onsite installation technicians
- Works with CAD team to ensure accuracy of project drawings
- Works with WTS project managers to ensure equipment order requests are accurate prior to ordering equipment
- Works with stage and config specialists to ensure completeness and accuracy of pre-installation processes
- Works with AV programmers to ensure AV control and audio programming meets client requirements and follows SOW
- Supports AV Field Engineers during commissioning
- Responsible for project technical success from initial project discussions to commissioning and client training
- Provides level 3 AV helpdesk support
- Trains and develops stage and config specialists
- Supports all AV teammates as subject matter expert
- Attends AV tradeshows as Subject Matter Expert ( SME)
Qualifications and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- College education or degree preferred
- Demonstrates proficient use of Microsoft Office applications
- CTS-D required
- Eight (8) years experience designing and engineering commercial AV systems
- Eight (8) years experience installing, troubleshooting, and commissioning audio-visual equipment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong leadership skills
- Certifications in industry-relevant technologies such as Crestron, Biamp, and Extron
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
- Ability to lift 50lbs
- Ability to climb ladders
- Ability to travel 25%
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and direction
What We Do
Wachter is on the cutting-edge of technology and infrastructure installation and has been since 1930. Wachter is a Cisco Gold Certified Partner. We’re committed to the exceptional service and forward thinking that lets us provide leading technologies to meet diverse client needs.
