Electronics Engineer

About Grass Valley 

With our award-winning technology and trusted expertise, Grass Valley enables and empowers creators, broadcasters and media organizations to produce brilliant content that captivates audiences and connects people through the magic of media.  

As the industry’s R&D powerhouse, we offer the widest and deepest range of best-in-class solutions in the industry. We are the trusted partner to many of the biggest and most creative names in the media and entertainment business as we help our customers to build successful media businesses and navigate the rapidly shifting mediascape.  

Grass Valley has been engaged in the media technology business for over 60 years and is part of Black Dragon Capital. 

Our people are creative, knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated, working together to deliver high quality solutions and services to customers all over the world. We are looking for our future ambassadors, technologists, thought leaders and innovators to continue this beautiful journey with us. This is your opportunity, join us!  

For further information, please visit Grass Valley.           

Your Role 

We are seeking a dynamic electronics engineer to manage, control and create our shared infrastructure, manage assets and to support the validation of partner software by following a script configured by developers. This role supports the Research & Development and Delivery & Support lab management under our in-house Events, Demo & Engineering team. The infrastructure you manage will be shared across Grass Valley’s offices for both development and support, including remote users. 

The main purpose of the job is: 

• Manage assets that have been collated by R&S during the business transformation period 

• Control assets back into manufacturing, B-stock sale and or R&S Labs 

• Working with R&S engineering leads to identify shared infrastructure, for example 2110/SDI networks 

• Racking and configuration of new and used equipment 

• Mange power and A/C calculations and uptime of labs 

• Control shared resources of GV assets between R&S 

• Develop and maintain an inventory of Grass Valley assets with budget management 

• Working closely with R&S to keep updated with product knowledge and technology 

• Implement strategies to share information between GV teams 

• Support the validation of partner s/w by following a script configured by developers 

• Support Events and Demo loan departs and lab area 

What you’ll need to be successful 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities 

• Strong knowledge of network protocols and technologies including TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP 

• Knowledge of Media Video and Audio formats 

• Knowledge of Storage Systems (HDD, SSD, NAS, Cloud Storage, etc.) 

• Knowledge on & with IPsec, VPN, Load Balancing, Iperf, MTR, Routing Protocols, SSH, Network Monitoring / Troubleshooting tools 

• Knowledge of Linux & Windows operating systems 

• Experience with network hardware and software configuration 

• Familiarity with network monitoring and management tools 

• Excellent problem-solving skills 

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities 

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience in a similar role, preferably in the Media/Broadcast Industry 

• Exposure to security concepts / best practices 

• Knowledge of English appropriate to the duties is required, as the incumbent must work with teams located in Montreal 

Education requirements 

• Engineering Degree in Electronics or Computer Sciences (Telecommunication) or equivalent and experience within the media industry 

• An in-depth knowledge of our industry. You should know the latest technologies, trends and developments in the field and adjust to reflect the changes. You should demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and think creatively to come up with novel ways of solving specific challenges 

• Experience balancing multiple projects simultaneously and meeting timelines 

• Strong project management and organizational skills 

• Flexibility and resourcefulness to manage changing business requirements, projects, and resources, adapting accordingly and positively 

• Ability to simplify technical or complex information and tasks 

Grass Valley offers competitive compensation packages in an energizing and supportive work environment. 

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job.  It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job. 

Grass Valley is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.