Design Engineer - Digital Experience

How You’ll Contribute: 

The Design Engineer (DE) is a member of the core team for Rollouts & Named Accounts. The DE provides direction and oversight through the project life cycle from sales concept to design development, construction drawings to implementation support.  

This is a hybrid role with a weekly schedule consisting of 3 days virtual, 2 days in-office (Kenilworth NJ) and travel to project sites nationwide up to 25% of the time.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and engineer digital signage and digital experience solutions, including media players, displays, video walls, dvLED walls, CMS platforms, content distribution, networking, control, and monitoring requirements. 
• Negotiates changes in deliverables and schedules and is an escalation point for engineering issues. 
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate digital signage technologies, including CMS platforms, media players, commercial displays, LED processors/controllers, mounts, encoders/decoders, and monitoring tools based on project scope and client standards.
• Conceptualize system designs and determine system requirements. 
• Oversee and/or develop the Bill of Materials (BOM) and supporting documentation. 
• Develop detailed design documentation strategy based on established engineering standard practices. Track engineering team tasks to completion. 
• Generate functional system descriptions, complete block wiring diagrams, rack elevations, custom plates, or cabling assemblies. 
• Research, identify, and recommend technology options for clients and projects. 
• Provide technical expertise and oversee the creation of and later reconciliation of the complete construction drawing 
  package, support documentation for installation and coordination with architect and other trades. 
• Test, commission, and configure subsystems during project deployment. 
• Support projects and teams in build phase. Complete the as-built drawings for service hand-over. 
• Provide regular project engineering milestone status updates to Technical Operations resource planning.

Occasional travel by car and occasional airplane trips are required. Employee must possess a valid driver’s license in their state of residence. Employee will be required to use their own vehicle and will be reimbursed for mileage at the current corporate rate. Local travel to job sites (within a 2 hour driving 
distance each way) will make up 90% usually but remote travel can be up to 30% of the job at times. <10% remote travel is required on a regular basis. 

What You’ll Bring:
Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Digital Signage/Experiential and Workplace Conference Solutions

• Proven track record of successfully completing engineering projects. 
• Detailed oriented, independent, self-starter 
• Exceptional time management skills with a track record for meeting deadlines 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Ability to analyze complex issues and communicate concise succinct messages 
• High level of problem solving and technical troubleshooting skills 

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Deep experience in designing enterprise digital signage, experiential technology, and workplace collaboration solutions across corporate, higher education, retail, sports/entertainment, healthcare, or other complex environments
• Knowledge of workplace conference solutions, including UC platforms, room standards, audio DSP, microphones, cameras, control systems, AV-over-IP, BYOD/BYOM, room scheduling, monitoring, and enterprise device management.
• A clear understanding of project phases Program, Conceptualization, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Construction and Commissioning. 
• A thorough, demonstrable understanding of the construction process, installation, and integration as well as architectural and construction drawings and specifications.