AudioVisual Deployment Engineer

About the TeamOpenAI’s IT organization supports the mission of deploying artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of all. Our team is committed to providing seamless technological support and solutions to ensure that all OpenAI employees are well-equipped and connected. This enables them to contribute effectively towards our AI research, corporate operations and product initiatives.About the RoleAs an Audiovisual (AV) Engineer at OpenAI you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing and ensuring the availability, reliability, and exceptional ease-of use of our conference room audio visual and video conferencing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expert-level experience in audiovisual design, programming and implementation of enterprise AV systems and moderate but demonstrable networking and general IT capabilities.This is a hybrid role and will require 3 days a week in our San Francisco office.In this role, you will:Develop and manage the ongoing improvement of conference room audio visual and video conferencing (AV/VC) design and build standardsOversee AV/VC design and build process for new global office build outsManage and produce CAD packages including standards, construction sets and proposalsManage programming and commissioning of our AV spacesDesign AV systems ranging from conference rooms, to premier event spaces.Develop next generation AV automations, workflows and processesDevelop and manage integrations between AV and IT systemsTroubleshoot and repair conference room AV systemsWork closely with ITAV Events and Upkeep to refine standards and systems to fit business needLifecycle management for conference room AV/VC technologyImplement and maintain global AV break/fix service plansMaintain knowledge on latest industry trends in AV/VCYou might thrive in this role if you have:8+ years experience in design, installation, and troubleshooting of enterprise AV including direct experience implementing and using Google meet, Logitech and Cisco video conferencing hardware.Proven experience managing global AV office deployments of over 300 av spaces.Demonstrable CAD (Revit, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Visio) drawing package production experience.Event space design and commissioning experience with production equiptment like Vizrt, Analog Way, Yamaha, Panasonic, QSYS, NDI, Dante, SRT, Ross, ST2110, Madi, etc..AV Scripting experience (Lua, Appscript, Python).Expert with video conferencing platforms (Zoom, Meet, Teams).Experience developing RFPs (Request for Proposal) for AV integration vendors and managing the bid/build process.Experience with enterprise networking technologies and architectures (Multicast routing, switch configuration, QoS, IGMP).Experience with wayfinding and conference room booking hardware and software.Deep understanding of AV over IP (QLAN, ST 2110, Dante, NDI) and how to deploy it safely in a corporate network environment.Experience with IT ticketing systems and maintaining support SLAs.About OpenAIOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants wit ... (truncated, view full listing at source)