The Senior Broadcast Systems Engineer is a strategic, customer-facing technical leader within NETGEAR’s growing Broadcast business. This role combines deep expertise in IP networking and broadcast workflows with the commercial awareness needed to support partners, influence solution design, and drive market adoption.
As the technical face of NETGEAR in the broadcast ecosystem, you will work closely with OEM partners, system integrators, production facilities, and enterprise studios to validate solutions, drive design wins, and establish NETGEAR as a trusted networking partner for modern IP-based broadcast environments.
This is a U.S.-based remote role, with a preference for candidates located on the East Coast.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as NETGEAR’s senior technical authority for broadcast and live production environments.
Develop and maintain technical integrations with leading OEMs (e.g., Riedel, EVS, Clear-Com, Panasonic, Grass Valley).
Design, validate, and support IP-based broadcast workflows including AES67, Dante, Ravenna, ST 2110, NDI, IPMX, and PTP-sensitive environments.
Architect and maintain lab environments, testbeds, and demos used for validation, enablement, and customer engagement.
Partner with Sales, Business Development, and Alliances to support strategic accounts and drive early design influence.
Deliver technical enablement for internal SE teams and partners through training, documentation, and best practices.
Provide direct field feedback to Product and Engineering on switching, multicast, QoS, redundancy, and PTP performance.
Represent NETGEAR at industry events such as NAB, IBC, and InfoComm, supporting demos, content, and thought leadership.
Required Qualifications:
Strong IP networking foundation combined with hands-on broadcast engineering experience.
Expertise with professional broadcast audio and IP video technologies:
AES67, Dante, Ravenna, SMPTE ST 2110
Multicast, IGMP, QoS, and PTP
Experience supporting production facilities, intercom systems, OB trucks, post-production, or enterprise studios.
Exposure to partner engagement, business development, or technical sales.
Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing.
Requires frequent travel (up to 60%), including short-notice and international travel.
Technical Expertise:
Layer 2/Layer 3 switching, VLANs, multicast routing, IGMP behavior, QoS, and redundancy models.
Real-time media transport and timing architectures (PTP boundary and transparent clocks).
Broadcast control and orchestration platforms (e.g., NMOS, Evertz MAGNUM, Nevion VideoIPath, EVS Cerebrum, Riedel Director).
End-to-end design and troubleshooting of broadcast audio/video networks.
Monitoring and analysis tools (packet capture, PTP analyzers, telemetry).
Automation, APIs, or scripting (REST, Python) a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with broadcast or professional A/V manufacturers, system integrators, or production facilities.
Familiarity with OEM ecosystems such as Riedel, Clear-Com, EVS, Panasonic, Grass Valley.
Experience with IP orchestration or monitoring platforms (e.g., TAG, Nevion, Evertz).
Company Statement/Values:
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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