EchoStar

The Digital Media Leader

 

About the Company

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) provides equipment sales, digital broadcast operations, and satellite services. EchoStar has 25 years of experience designing, developing and distributing advanced award-winning set-top boxes and related products for pay television providers.
The company includes a network of 10 full-service digital broadcast centers and leased fiber optic capacity with points of presence in approximately 150 cities. EchoStar also delivers satellite services from eight owned and leased in-orbit satellites and related FCC licenses. Visit www.echostar.com for more information.

Digital Video Broadcast Compression Engineer

If you seek a rewarding opportunity to build a lasting career, have a thirst for adventure and the desire to prove yourself, consider joining EchoStar, a Fortune 300 company that has redefined the entertainment industry in the U.S. through our consumer brand - DISH Network. Through DISH Network, we serve over 12 million customers with the latest in satellite TV programming offerings and technology, providing better TV for all.  Positions are available within our Quicksburg, VA Digital Broadcast Uplink Center.   

We aggressively recruit energetic, driven, intelligent people to meet the demands of our exciting industry and to help us reach our vision of changing the way the world communicates.

Our Broadcast Center offers an environment that allows employees to explore cutting-edge technology while delivering the best value in television programming.


JOB SUMMARY
Specifically, duties include (but are not limited to):Maintains, monitors, and configures MPEG content in a multi-channel broadcast environment. Manages networks controlling, monitoring, and distributing digitally encoded audio/video content. Evaluates and troubleshoots the transmission of digital video signals across local and wide area networks utilizing TCP/IP and fiber networks. Required to help complete daily activity reports and maintain department documentation. This position requires shift work.

EchoStar offers our Video Compression Technician the following benefits:


  • Medical, Health Savings Account, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending options and employee assistance plan
  • 401(k) and employee stock purchase plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee referral program
  • Training opportunities
  • Shift Differential
  • FREE satellite TV system and programming
  • Opportunity for a level of responsibility that could take years to reach in other companies

Minimum qualifications to be considered are:



 

Education: Associate degree in Electronics from an accredited college and/or equivalent experience.

Experience: 3+ years IT or compressed video systems experience.

Skills: 

  • Knowledge of MPEG specifications to include the ETR290.
  • Experience with MPEG analyzers.
  • Solid experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
  • Moderate level knowledge of networking protocols to include TCP/IP,  BOOTP, TFTP.
  • Familiarity with digital video routing systems.
  • Moderate experience with RF modulation schemes to include, QPSK and 8PSK.
  • Experience with professional digital video encoding equipment.
  • Associates Degree (AA) or equivalent from a two year college or technical school; or at least two years experience and/or training; or a combination of education and experience in a broadcast environment.

    ~~    If you are inspired by opportunity, take pride in results, and strive to win, we invite you to apply today!

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