Principal Audiovisual Design Engineer
Requisition Number:
62126
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
University Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
02-Mar-2025
Date Posted:
13-Feb-2025
Job Summary
The University of Colorado Boulder encourages applications for a Principal Audiovisual Design Engineer! The Audiovisual Design Engineer's role is to provide audiovisual consulting and design services for AV/IT systems on the CU Boulder campus. This role will act as an owner advocate, ensuring that unit business requirements are met and that practices align with campus direction and standards. The position will require that the candidate actively participates in the design process for multiple, concurrent projects while ensuring efficiency, accuracy and quality of work.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
Vision:
- Office Information Technology will be valued by campus as a strategic, inclusive and innovative partner in advancing learning and discovery in order to enable CU Boulder to be a premier public university.
Mission:
- Office Information Technology enables campus priorities by providing high-value IT services and solutions.
Values:
- Trust, as a foundation for how we engage with one another and with campus partners, along with
- Avid curiosity in how to better support the campus and our stakeholder’s while
- Fostering empowerment and authentic engagement among ourselves and
- Celebrating inclusivity that promotes a sense of belonging while acknowledging that each person is unique and valued.
Strategy:
- Office Information Technology will advance learning and discovery by delivering high-value reliable IT services and solutions that:
- Provide a fluid and adaptable academic and student experience
- Enable research competitiveness and
- Deliver core infrastructure and enterprise IT services for business effectiveness.
Based on our departmental goals and our commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence, CIO Information Technology particularly welcomes applications from candidates whose knowledge, skills, and abilities, and desire to contribute to an inclusive campus environment, will help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
Audiovisual Design Engineer:
- Provide both conceptual and functional designs for new and existing audiovisual installations that meet audiovisual business requirements. Create and document standards used for OIT managed spaces and other campus facilities. Create and maintain a document database that reflects audiovisual infrastructure across all projects. Develop high-quality audiovisual infrastructure, construction, and systems signal flow drawings with complete details to inform integrators/technicians. Review submissions of shop drawings from contractors, consultants, and/or manufacturers; coordinate with project partners regarding revisions or proposed changes.
Audiovisual System Engineer:
- Provide advanced support and guidance of AV system installation and perform system commissioning of OIT-LST AV integration projects. Perform site walk-through visits and system testing to ensure alignment to standards, functional requirements, procedures and standard processes of infrastructure and systems. Coordinate and finalize the implementation, programming and balancing of installed audio systems in new and existing campus spaces. Provide guidance or assistance with the programming of audiovisual solutions that have control systems designed to operate their multimedia equipment.
Owner Advocacy in Audiovisual Design and Engineering:
- Provide owner advocacy for audiovisual design and engineering in the area of capital construction and departmental projects. Collaborate with project partners to determine functional requirements and ensure mutual comprehension of proposed systems. Represent the owner in project meetings with architects, contractors and other campus entities, ensuring that unit business requirements are met and that practices align with campus direction and standards. Provide campus consulting role for audio/control systems within new and existing spaces. This position works closely with the department of Facilities Management's Planning, Design and Construction Office.
Evaluate new technologies, identify emerging standards:
- Evaluate new and emerging technologies relating to audiovisual, multimedia, academic technology and classroom solutions that may provide value to the campus, or serve to fulfill academic and instructional technology objectives and strategies. Coordinate with faculty and other campus constituents to help determine emerging academic technology needs, bringing a future perspective of technology.
What You Should Know
- This position will be required to be on campus at least 3 days per week, or more, to support Classroom operations as well as attend in person meetings.
What We Can Offer
- Salary: $88,638 - $110,000.
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
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What We Require
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- A combination of education and experience in the design and implementation of complex audiovisual systems may be substituted for the degree on a year-for-year basis.
- 5 years of experience in the design of audiovisual systems, including: projection and display; sound and speech reinforcement; audio and video conferencing; analog and digital signal processing, distribution and routing; control systems.
- Must have a valid U.S. Driver's License.
What You Will Need
- Detailed knowledge of audiovisual architectural requirements including but not limited to: sightline studies; structural support requirements; cabling pathways; power and grounding.
- Expertise in software tools used to create engineering drawings, such as AutoCAD LT-2008 or later and Microsoft Visio. Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2007 or later, including Word, Excel & Outlook. Familiarity and experience with Blubeam.
- General knowledge of Information Technology (IT) services, hardware, infrastructure and system architecture (IP; LAN; WAN; Routers; Switchers; Hubs; Wireless Access Points).
- Ability to take customer business requirements and translate them into architectural drawings/schematics.
- Excellent attention to detail and outstanding communication skills, both oral and written.
- Works equally well as an individual contributor or team member.
- Maintains a professional and positive demeanour in a fast paced and occasionally high pressure environment.
What We Would Like You to Have
- CTS, CTS-D, CTS-I, CVE 2.0, EST-L2 and/or additional industry related certifications.
- Experience with D-Tools System Integrator(SI).
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by March 2, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs
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Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu