OpenAI
Technology
AudiovisualDesignEngineer
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“Audiovisual Design Engineer at OpenAI. Skills: Audiovisual design, Enterprise AV systems, Networking, Video conferencing. Design AV infrastructure. Implement AV infrastructure”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years experience in design, installation, and troubleshooting of enterprise AV, Direct experience implementing and using Google Meet, Logitech and QSYS hardware at a global scale, Experience with enterprise networking technologies and architectures, Advanced QSYS programming experience, Cloud hosting experience for highly available AV services, Proven experience managing global AV office deployments of over 300 AV spaces, Demonstrable CAD drawing package production experience, Event space design and commissioning experience with production equipment, AV Scripting experience (Lua, Appscript, Python), Expert with video conferencing platforms (Zoom, Meet, Teams), Experience developing RFPs for AV integration vendors, Experience managing the bid/build process, Experience with wayfinding and conference room booking hardware and software, Deep understanding of AV over IP, Experience with IT ticketing systems, Maintaining support SLAs
Nice to Have
MCP integration experience
What You'll Do.
Design AV infrastructure
Implement AV infrastructure
Ensure AV availability
Ensure AV reliability
Ensure AV ease-of-use
Improve global conference room AV standards
Manage enterprise conference room standards
Produce AV drawing packages
Maintain AV design templates
Maintain build documentation
Establish systems for AV technology lifecycle
Define design requirements for AV monitoring
Define technical patterns for AV alerting
Define patterns for AV automation
Define patterns for operational handoff
Oversee AV control code
Oversee programming patterns
Oversee network requirements
Lead AV/VC design standards
Lead technical review for office buildouts
Define programming requirements for conference rooms
Define commissioning requirements for conference rooms
Define QA requirements for conference rooms
Define operational handoff requirements for conference rooms
Develop integrations between AV systems and IT services
Manage AV technology lifecycle
Plan global AV refresh
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
ITAV Events; ITAV Upkeep; Network Engineering; Real Estate; Design and Construction; Security
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Refresh planning
Full Job Description
About the Team OpenAI’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 Role As 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, own, and continuously improve global conference room AV and video conferencing standards, with a focus on reliability, consistency, scalability, and five 9s availability. - Design and manage enterprise conference room standards, including room archetypes, approved hardware stacks, user experience requirements, control patterns, network requirements, and supportability expectations. - Produce and maintain standard AV drawing packages, design templates, build documentation, and release/revision cycles for global deployment. - Establish scalable systems and processes for managing the full AV technology lifecycle, including evaluation, standardization, deployment, support, refresh, and retirement. - Define design requirements and technical patterns for AV monitoring, alerting, automation, and operational handoff so global room standards can be supported, measured, and improved at scale. - Oversee AV control code, programming patterns, and network requirements to move from project-specific implementations to a
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