Job Title: Contract Broadcast/Transmission Engineer: Live Event Broadcast
Duration: (~3 weeks / ~145 hours)
Location: Cupertino, CA
Engagement: May 26 – June 11, 2026
Schedule: Week 1: 10-hour days, business hours | Weeks 2–3: Extended days up to 14 hours, including evenings and weekend

About This Engagement
Client’s Worldwide Events and Experiences team is seeking a contract Broadcast/Transmission Engineer to support a high-profile global live broadcast. This is a zero-failure environment delivering to concurrently to multiple platforms worldwide.
This is a highly focused, operationally intensive ~3-week engagement. You'll work directly alongside our facility EIC, supporting transmission infrastructure, signal path validation, and failover readiness. The right candidate has solid hands-on broadcast experience, is eager to contribute in a high-stakes environment and is ready to execute from day one under direction from senior engineering staff.
Facility & equipment familiarization, transmission workflow review, failsafe plan review, pre event rehearsals
Redundancy procedures documentation (Mon – Wed)
Signal path testing & validation checks (Thu – Sun)
Event: Live broadcast & signal monitoring (Mon)
Post-event support and wrap-up documentation (Tue – Thu)
Event Week Detail: The 'event' spans Thursday 6/4 through Monday 6/8. The first 4 days (6/4–6/7) are asset preparation,
staging, and signal validations. 6/8 is the live broadcast day. Extended and overnight availability will be required for signal path
monitoring and failover readiness.
What You'll Do
Pre-Event (Weeks 1–2)

• Review existing transmission workflows, signal routing, and failsafe plans alongside the facility EIC; flag potential infrastructure risks for review
• Assist in validating redundancy and backup procedures across the complete signal path — from source through destination
• (equipment room patches, feeds to various on-campus locations)
• Help document signal routing diagrams, failover procedures, and recovery timelines
• Support preparation of run-of-show checklists for signal monitoring and failover execution
• Assist with end-to-end signal path tests, including backup/redundancy activation and restoration
• Work closely with the EIC/Facility Engineer to verify network stability, fiber receives/sends to remote sites, and backup
• circuits
• Participate in all pre-show tests, rehearsals, and platform validations to help confirm signal quality and integrity

During the Event (Week 3)

• Monitor signal path health continuously from source through all delivery points, escalating anomalies to the EIC
• Support real-time verification of transmission infrastructure status — equipment health, signal quality, delivery endpoints
• Assist in executing failover procedures as directed; maintain clear communication with the EIC and operations team
• Maintain live incident logs documenting all signal events, interventions, and resolutions
• Support output/ingress validation and platform-specific signal behavior across multiple delivery endpoints

Post-Event (Week 3)

• Complete incident logs and contribute to root cause analysis for any signal events
• Assist with restoring infrastructure and monitoring systems to baseline/archival state
• Complete required documentation to team systems

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in broadcast transmission or signal engineering, with exposure to live event or live
• broadcast workflows
• Working knowledge of redundant transmission systems, including familiarity with failover procedures and backup circuits
• Solid understanding of broadcast signal distribution concepts — signal routing, encoding, and transmission protocols
• Familiarity with video signal formats and transmission standards — including SDI, fiber optics, IP-based signal transport,
• and real-time monitoring tools
• Experience working with broadcast-grade monitoring systems — dashboards, signal health metrics (jitter, latency, packet
• loss), and basic incident response
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, high-pressure broadcast environments — live event experience is a strong plus
• Ability to follow and contribute to run-of-show documentation and incident logs
• The Right Person
• This role is a great fit for a broadcast engineer who has solid technical foundations and experience working in a world-class live
• event environment — with experienced senior engineers alongside you every step of the way. The right candidate:
• Has real-world, hands-on experience with signal path workflows and broadcast transmission systems
• Is collaborative and communicative — comfortable taking direction from the EIC and proactively flagging issues before
• they escalate
• Is ready for operational intensity — extended days, high focus, and live event pressure
• Is thorough and detail-oriented — understands that clean documentation and clear communication are as important as
• technical skill
• Understands that signal is the product — every technical decision is ultimately judged by the viewer's experienc

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 91.04/hr.