Design Engineer

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What part will you play? The Design Engineer (DE) is a member of the core team for each project.
Alone on small projects or part of a team of engineers on large projects the DE provides technical direction and insight through the project life cycle from sales concept to design development, construction drawings to implementation support.
As a technical authority on a project team, the DE is instrumental in the determination and execution of client and system requirements and will collaborate with Workplace teams as required.
Reporting to a Senior Manager of Project Engineering, the DE’s project assignments are determined by Operations Leadership based on enterprise-wide demands.
At times, the DE will be supervised and receive specific task assignments by Senior Design Engineers or Project Managers.
What will you be doing? • Participate in complex engagements and works directly with clients and project teams to develop budgets, timelines and manage expectations.
• Negotiates changes in deliverables and schedules and is an escalation point for engineering issues.
• Conceptualize system designs and determine system requirements.
• Provide technical expertise and coordination information to support the base building tasks performed by others, and planning of audio, video, and control solutions.
• Oversee and/or develop the Bill of Materials (BOM) and supporting documentation.
• Employ 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 for 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.
• Develop expertise in the industry through ongoing review of trade publications, participation in industry trade shows, seminars, and educational forums.
Complexity: The Design Engineer works with their Senior Manager, the Technical Operations Directors on resource assignment.
This role is primarily billable in a post-sales capacity, though there are times when the DE will work on presales estimation and design efforts.
Decision Making Authority: As the final sign off on project bill of materials prior to purchasing, the DE is responsible for vetting products and making detailed equipment decisions.
As a technical leader on a project, the DE has the authority to recommend direction on scope changes and programming and commissioning activities.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that may be met by an employee.
Work will normally be performed within normal office conditions and/or home office depending on location of DE.
On occasions the employee may be exposed to construction site conditions.
Employee will be responsible for their safety while on job sites and to comply with all safety regulations in place by the GC.
Use of PPE is usually required on job sites.
The employee can typically spend at least 50% of their time on their feet and be required to mobile around the construction site.
The individual is regularly required to use keyboards, test equipment and controls required for SI installation projects.
Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth vision.
Travel: 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 do we require from you? Education/Certifications: • High school diploma or GED required • Associate/Bachelor degree required and/or equivalent experience.
• AVIXA CTS certification required, and CTS-D and/or CTS-I is preferred • Network Certifications preferred: CompTIA Network +, Security +, Cisco CCNA, Extreme Networks ECA • Certifications, training, or experience preferred with at least one DSP platform (Biamp, QSC, Clearone, etc.
) • Certifications, training, or experience preferred with at least one control system (Crestron, Extron, AMX, etc.
) • Certifications, training, or experience preferred with at least one AV over IP platform (Crestron, Evertz, AMX, etc.
) • Other relevant certifications may be required or preferred based on the technology focus of the position.
Required/Desired Knowledge, Experience and Skills: • 5+ years of experience in Workplace audiovisual systems designing, to include DSP layout, audio design and configuration • 5+ years of successfully completing engineering projects.
• 3+ years Client interaction and Client-facing Experience • 3+ years of Experience with IP Networking, to include TCP/IP routing, ACL’s, QoS, VLANs, PoE calculations, Multicasting, PIM SM/DM, IGMP, SNMP, SSO and Security Certificates • 1+ years of Knowledge of enterprise-level security and networking design and configuration (physical and topology, IP structures and ranges, switch interconnectivity, VLAN, bandwidth calculation) • 3 + years of UC Knowledge and Collaboration platforms • Experience with consulting engagements preferred • Proficient in AutoCAD and MS Office 365 • A clear understanding of project phases, including Presales, 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.
• Detail 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.
• Analytical thinking, and high-level of problem solving and technical troubleshooting skills.
To learn more about becoming part of the Diversified team, visit us at https://diversifiedus.
com/about/careers/ or email us at careers@onediversified.
com.
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