At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver hands-on engineering projects in broadcast headend, from design to implementation.
- Company: Join a leading UK pay-TV broadcaster with a significant impact on millions of viewers.
- Benefits: Negotiable rates, hybrid work model, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a fast-paced, innovative industry.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of broadcast technology.
- Qualifications: Experience with multiplexers, MPEG standards, and live broadcast environments required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Project Engineer – Broadcast Headend (Encoding & Multiplexing) West London (Hybrid) Contract
Broadcast Engineering | Video Compression | Headend
Rates Negotiable
Looking to work on one of Europe's largest broadcast platforms? I'm supporting a leading UK pay-TV broadcaster in the search for a Project Engineer to help deliver projects across its broadcast headend infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on encoding, multiplexing and transport stream technologies, supporting a platform that delivers television services to millions of households across the UK and Ireland.
What you'll be doing:
- Deliver end-to-end engineering projects across the broadcast headend, from design through to implementation and operational handover.
- Configure and support Ericsson/Tandberg (MediaKind) MX8400/MX400 multiplexers and Harmonic ProStream platforms.
- Build, validate and troubleshoot MPEG transport streams, including statistical multiplexing, SI/PSI, EPG data and conditional access.
- Plan and implement changes within a live 24/7 broadcast environment.
- Produce technical documentation, test plans, and implementation records.
- Investigate complex streaming and multiplexing issues using industry monitoring and analysis tools.
- Work closely with playout, distribution, satellite, and network engineering teams.
What we're looking for:
- Experience with Ericsson/Tandberg/MediaKind multiplexers and/or Harmonic ProStream.
- Strong understanding of MPEG-2/H.264, DVB standards and transport stream architecture.
- Experience delivering engineering projects in live broadcast environments.
- Knowledge of conditional access and scrambling workflows.
- Experience using transport stream analysis and monitoring tools.
- Desirable: Experience with a broadcaster, pay-TV platform, managed service provider or broadcast technology vendor.
- Exposure to IP video transport (SMPTE 2022/2110), multicast or virtualised headend technologies.
- Satellite/DTH distribution experience.
Why apply?
You'll join a highly experienced engineering team responsible for one of Europe's most significant broadcast headend estates, working on both existing infrastructure and next-generation platform evolution. It's an opportunity to own technically challenging projects that directly support services watched by millions every day.
Interested? Get in touch for a confidential discussion or apply with your latest CV to receive the full technical brief and client details.
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