Audio Engineer
NPR seeks an Audio Engineer to join our Engineering Division. This position will work directly with journalists, producers, camera operators, and engineers at NPR and throughout the public media system to ensure the production and delivery of high-quality audio and video in a timely and precise manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Assemble and mix complex live broadcasts, streaming content, and pre-produced elements working with producers and directors in a high-pressure environment
- Promote and maintain NPR’s quality standards by identifying and repairing impaired audio
- Analyze, repair and mix audio on tight deadlines using common tools (equalizers, compressors, noise reduction, etc.)
- QC, mix, and sweeten audio and video podcasts before publication using DAVID Systems MTE and AVID Pro Tools
- Monitor inbound and outbound content streams and associated automated play-out systems
- Schedule, connect, and route media over a variety of IP transmission methods including Comrex, Riverside, Zoom, etc.
- Test and ensure preparedness of in-house and remote broadcast and production systems
- Consult, train, and support journalists in the use of NPR technical facilities and remote recording and transmission equipment
- Teach and encourage best production practices and workflows
About NPR
A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. Our engineers work in broadcast studios, a master control facility, and throughout the networked newsroom to provide technical support and guidance in a fast-paced, deadline driven, 24x7x365 production environment.