OpenAI

Technology

AudiovisualDesignEngineer

$251–264k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Audiovisual Design Engineer at OpenAI. Skills: Audiovisual design, Enterprise AV systems, Networking, Video conferencing. Design AV infrastructure. Implement AV infrastructure”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

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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