Basketball Replay and VR Systems Technician

Sony Electronics

Location: Replay Center – Secaucus, NJ

Contract: Freelance

Salary: $30 per hour

Start Date: Fall 2024

Working Hours: Evenings – 1 to 2 hours before games through to the end of Pro Basketball games on the West coast

What the Job is All About:

As part of the Hawk-Eye team, you will be working on-site at the Replay Center in Secaucus, NJ, helping us to deliver cutting-edge SMART Replay and VR technology services for live games.

We would like you to be able to commit to working hours throughout the pro Basketball season. You will need to be prepared to work long days on weekends, as we work whenever sport happens.

We will equip you with the technical training, support, and full exposure to our systems to perform your day-to-day tasks, but also to encourage development and progression to help make an impact on what we do.

Key Responsibilities:

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting in the set-up of the replay and injury video review systems

  • Conducting pre-match checks of the systems in accordance with standard procedures

  • Liaising with officials, broadcasters and Hawk-Eye staff, both on-site and remotely

  • Monitoring and maintaining the technology during the games

  • Maintaining our hardware and equipment throughout the season

  • Possible work during the off-season for building and maintaining our hardware and equipment

  • Assisting with any installation and testing of new products and services

Skills:

  • Ideally a broadcast/engineering background with an understanding of signal flow

  • Strong technical grounding

  • Proactive attitude and ability to work on your own initiative

  • Time management skills and ability to work in a high pressure, live broadcast environment

  • Ability to liaise with clients and customers in a professional and approachable manner

  • Bright and enterprising

  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

  • Acceptance that the nature of our business means that work will be carried out over weekends/federal holidays

Benefits:

  • A high-autonomy role with real exposure to the forefront of the sports officiating and broadcasting world.

  • Access to some of the most intelligent, innovative and driven people in our industry.

  • Involvement in some of the top sporting events in the world.

Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI) provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI) is a federal contractor or subcontractor subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil right laws and regulations. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, genetic information, national origin, disability, military, or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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  • Date Posted: October 31, 2024
  • Location: Secaucus, NJ