Audiovisual Design Engineer - Monmouth County, NJ
Our client, a leading provider of audiovisual and videoconferencing solutions is seeking a Audiovisual Design Engineer for its regional sales office in the Central NJ area.
This is a customer facing role requiring strong communication skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain a current expert knowledge of the Audiovisual, Streaming Video and Content Management provided by the firm
- Maintain a working knowledge of competitor products and services and of emerging trends in the audiovisual, conferencing and collaboration industry as a whole
- Provide consultation to Project Management team to support installation activities
- Initiate sales proposals
- Manage and Execute sales and project documentation, such as Bill of Materials
- (BOM), RFP Responses, Pricing Documents and Scopes of Works (SOW)
- Responsible for Site Surveys, Systems Design, Line Drawings, Detail Engineering plans, and other sales and design related materials
- Develop and maintain communications with all levels of staff and customers, ranging from line managers to corporate presidents
- Using a consultative style, advise customers on how to best utilize company products
- Manage technical relationships between the client, firm, technology vendors and distributors
- Assist clients with feasibility studies, equipment budgets, systems requirements and specifications
- Work effectively across cross-functional lines, in coordination with others involved in marketing, sales, logistics, technical services
- Manage projects, including setting objectives, budgeting and observing deadlines
Education, Experience and Skills Requirements
- Bachelor degree in electrical, computer or telecommunications engineering desired
- In the absence of a formal degree, 7 years of progressively responsible, directly applicable experience in which incumbent learned to perform the requirements of the position may be substituted
- 5-7+ years of experience in a sales support and design/ project engineering, preferably with a leading Systems Integrator of Audiovisual , Videoconferencing and Unified Communications Systems; candidates with similar skills and experience in technology vendor or end-user environment should apply
- Demonstrate technical writing responses and formal documentation in a written and graphic format
- Excellent analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding people skills, High ethical standards and work ethic, and solid communications skills
- Must be able to present technical and non-technical information clearly and in a compelling manner
- Technical knowledge of 3 of more of the following required: Audiovisual Equipment, Videoconferencing Endpoints, Network Equipment, Network Services, Hardware, Software, and Managed Services offerings
- Candidates with InfoComm (ICIA) CTS, CTS-I or CTS-D certifications preferred. Other industry certification such as DMC-E, EAVA,CVE, ACE also helpful
- Knowledge of drawing programs (AutoCAD/Visio) Required
- Knowledge of AV Signal Flow Required
- Some control systems DSP programming helpful: AMX, Crestron, Extron
- Knowledge of some of the following manufacturers' equipment strongly preferred: Polycom, cisco, Tandberg, LifeSize, AMX, Crestron, Biamp, Extron, Barco, Christie Digital
- Experience with project development design and documentation experience is preferred.
- Must be knowledgeable in the use and integration of AV equipment, as well as in the installation of said equipment
- Some Knowledge of IP Networking, including routing protocols and VoIP, SIP, H.323, videoconferencing applications
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