Overview

Goddard Space Center

Primary responsibility is managing engineering, technical, and operations support associated with NASA's Goddard Television Operations Section. Administer all phases of video engineering support for NASA

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Providing engineering and management oversite of NASA's Goddard TV Operations Section with direct and indirect customer interface.
• Engineering role in support of high-profile live television NASA events including Presidents, Congress members, and NASA Administrators with success
• Integrate video systems using Autodesk AutoCAD, VidCAD, and MS Visio for development of floor plan layouts, rack elevations, cable runs, functional diagrams, and as-built final facility drawings
• Resolve incidents and work orders conveyed from NASCOM Mission Managers, Marshal Space Flight Center technicians, and local Goddard customers with minimum down-time and high efficiency
• Evaluate, test, and approve software configuration parameters for multicast streaming MPEG-2, 4, HEVC compressed video over Cisco and Juniper switched Lan/Wan networks
• Manage technical delivery of Office of Communication (OCOMM) live video productions using NASA HQ, LaRC, vMix, and LiveU, Encompass, digital C-band, and KU-band satellite transmissions

Knowledge of:

• Extensive knowledge of Commercial and Mission Broadcast TV Systems and Sub-systems.
• Extensive knowledge of a wide variety of antennas and antenna sub-systems including fixed, polar, azimuth/elevation, and X/Y mount, geosynchronous and tracking satellite antennas.
• Experience providing support of NASA's manned and unmanned spacecraft/rocket launches and mission operations.
• Extensive experience in electrical, electronic, fiber optic, and mechanical engineering operations including large antenna servo and servo control systems.
• IP Computer Networks
• Wide knowledge of Media Encoding and IPTV Streaming
• Experience coordinating, scheduling, operating satellite and fiber uplinks and peaking antenna
• Utah, Ross, Blackmagic Video Switcher and Router installation and configuration
• Haivision IPTV equipment installation, operation, and maintenance
• Network Security vulnerability audit assessment and remediation
• Cable termination using HDBNC, F connector, and CAT 6 RJ45 connectors

Qualifications

Education:

• College Degree - Electronic and broadcast fundamentals