Manager, RF Chief Engineer

The Opportunity

Reporting to Director, Broadcast Engineering, the Manager, Broadcast System Integration will work with emerging broadcast technologies within an open and agile team atmosphere providing over-the-air live television broadcasting. You will maintain transmission systems including transmitters, antennas, transmission lines, satellite reception systems, video encoding systems, and Emergency Alert (EAS) systems. Also, you will perform RF engineering coverage and interference studies. Maintaining station parameters within FCC regulations will be an important part of this role. This role will be based in St. Petersburg, FL.

Who We Are

HSN takes shoppers on a journey – embracing the new, exploring untrodden paths, and bringing shoppers a unique perspective that enriches their lives. We offer a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names in health and beauty, jewelry, home/lifestyle, fashion/accessories, and electronics and incorporates entertainment, personalities and industry experts to provide a unique shopping experience.

Your Impact

• Dispatch to Ventana transmitter sites to perform repairs, maintenance, new equipment installation, or system updates.

• Assist existing Ventana staff on transmitter site or other projects requiring multiple persons.

• Assist with monitoring & control of the remote transmitter sites, diagnosing and correcting problems discovered.

• Perform Longley-Rice coverage, interference, and zip code coverage studies.

• Other duties, either at remote transmitter sites or at HSN central location in St. Petersburg, FL.

• Over-the-air television broadcasting systems including antennas, transmitters, transmission lines, normal standards for tower crew operations and practices including OSHA requirements

• Satellite reception techniques and customary practices for geostationary satellites including dishes, filters, LNBs, receivers, and coaxial cable interconnections

• Video encoding and multiplexing systems as applicable to ATSC 1.0 digital video transmission

• Working knowledge of building environmental systems- Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC)

• Intermediate knowledge of electric power and distribution systems and electrical code requirements, including surge protection, grounding, and UPS implementation

• Knowledge of Windows-based computer systems including BIOS settings, serial and IP communications, and communications software such as TeraTerm or Putty

• Intermediate understanding of computer networks including TCP/IP, subnets, LANs, WANs, switches, routers, modems, VPNs, and access techniques such as VNC and Remote Desktop

• Working knowledge of electronic test equipment such as voltmeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF power meters, RF network analyzers, and time domain reflectometers (TDR)

• Beginner to advanced knowledge of RF propagation software

• Knowledge of ATSC 1.0 digital television transmission system very helpful, including modulation, linear & non-linear corrections, mask filters, peak to average ratios, frequency response, group delay, and parameter measurements

• Experience with UHF and VHF antenna construction and directional antenna patterns is beneficial.

What You Bring

• Trade or technical program degree in electronics or electronic technology, or equivalent professional experience.

• You will have 5+ years of experience in broadcast RF transmission systems.

• You will have 5+ years of experience in digital television broadcast RF systems.

• You will have experience leading and managing teams.

• You can comprehend and apply complex information.

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Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.

Qurate Retail Group is a family of six leading retail brands – QVC, HSN, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill and Grandin Road – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. We’re an inspired and diverse team that comes together to combine shopping and entertainment to curate products, experiences, conversations and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. It’s a fun, fast-paced world, and what really sets us apart is our culture and talent experience.

When you’re part of Qurate Retail Group, you’ll be working for one or with many of our consumer brands and joining a global team (., UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland & China), committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, where you can be authentic, bring fun and energy to your workday, and make an impact. Join us as we embrace the future, drive progress, and work together to enrich life’s everyday moments – it’s our path forward!

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